Properties of string theory on Kaluza-Klein Melvin background

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 413-429

  Suyama, Takao ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

String Duality; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings; Supersymmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042315992     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/015     Document Type: Article

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