N = 1 heterotic/F-theory duality

Fortschritte der Physik

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 587-642

  Andreas, Björn ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3978(199906)47:6<587::AID-PROP587>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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