On the strong coupling dynamics of heterotic string theory on C 3/Z3

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 463-484

  Ganor, Ori J ^a   Sonnenschein, Jacob ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

M Theory; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044445710     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/05/018     Document Type: Article

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