On four-dimensional script N = 1 Type I compactifications

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 535, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 311-334

  Kakushadze, Zurab ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032494940     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00643-9     Document Type: Article

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