Unification scale, proton decay, and manifolds of G2 holonomy

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 577-617

  Friedmann, Tamar ^a   Witten, Edward ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 2342423925     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.2003.v7.n4.a1     Document Type: Article

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