Remarks on limits on string scale from proton decay and low-energy amplitudes in braneworld scenario

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 711-723

  Burikham, Piyabut ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Compactification and String Models; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; GUT; p branes

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EID: 27344458990     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/02/030     Document Type: Article

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