On the complementarity of F-theory, orientifolds, and heterotic strings

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 525, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 73-103

  Berglund, Per ^a   Gimon, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

F theory; Heterotic strings; Instantons; N = 2 tensionless strings; Orientifolds; Small e8

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032504394     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00344-7     Document Type: Article

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