On elevating free-fermion Z2 × Z2 orbifolds models to compactifications of F theory

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1345-1362

  Berglund, P ^a   Ellis, J ^b   Faraggi, A E ^c   Nanopoulos, D V ^d,e,f   Qiu, Z ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARC   (United States)

^f BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^g University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; GRAVITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; PHYSICS; QUANTUM THEORY; THEORY;

EID: 0034629878     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X00000598     Document Type: Article

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