Heterotic SO(32) model building in four dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1517-1555

  Choi, Kang Sin ^a   Nibbelink, Stefan Groot ^b   Trapletti, Michele ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

String Duality; Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044488715     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/12/063     Document Type: Article

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