Type IIA and heterotic string vacua in D=2

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 598, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 30-56

  Haack, Michael ^a   Louis, Jan ^a   Marquart, Monika ^a,b  

^a Fachbereich Physik   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

11.10.Kk; 11.25. w; 11.25.Mj; Calabi Yau fourfolds; Duality in string theory; Mirror symmetry; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035911853     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00786-0     Document Type: Article

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