Localized anomalies in heterotic orbifolds

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 648, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 35-68

  Gmeiner, F ^a   Groot Nibbelink, S ^a   Nilles, H P ^a   Olechowski, M ^a,b   Walter, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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EID: 0037421135     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(02)00943-4     Document Type: Article

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