On heterotic orbifolds, M theory and type I' brane engineering

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 339-417

  Gorbatov, Elie ^a   Kaplunovsky, Vadim S ^a   Sonnenschein, Jacob ^b   Theisen, Stefan ^c   Yankielowicz, Shimon ^b  

^a University of Texas ^*  (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

M Theory; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044446502     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/05/015     Document Type: Article

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