Aspects of N = 1 type I-heterotic duality in four dimensions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 512, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 221-236

  Kakushadze, Zurab ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duality; Heterotic strings; Orbifolds; Orientifolds; Type I strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032536217     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00783-9     Document Type: Article

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