Instabilities in heterotic M-theory induced by open membrane instantons

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 607, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 117-154

  Moore, Gregory ^a   Peradze, Grigor ^a,b   Saulina, Natalia ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

M theory; Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035939573     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00155-9     Document Type: Article

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