Gauge-Fermion unification and flavour symmetry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 881-912

  Li, Tianjun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; GUT; Supersymmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044512660     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/03/040     Document Type: Article

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