Noncommutative compactifications of type-1 strings on tori with magnetic background flux

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 10 PART A, 2000, Pages

  Blumenhagen, Ralph ^a   Görlich, Lars ^a   Körs, Boris ^a   Lüst, Dieter ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Compactification and String Models; D branes; Non Commutative Geometry; Supersymmetry Breaking

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EID: 0043255877     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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