Gauge unification, non-local breaking, open strings

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 730, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 179-190

  Trapletti, Michele ^a  

^a DESY   (Germany)

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EID: 27744572997     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.09.022     Document Type: Article

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