Tachyon-free orientifolds of type 0B strings in various dimensions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 558, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 159-177

  Blumenhagen, Ralph ^a   Font, Anamaría ^b,c   Lüst, Dieter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

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EID: 0033523564     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00381-8     Document Type: Article

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