Little string theory and heterotic/type II duality

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 679, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 3-65

  Aharony, Ofer ^a   Fiol, Bartomeu ^a   Kutasov, David ^b   Sahakyan, David A ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0345861831     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.11.041     Document Type: Article

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