Open strings and supersymmetry breaking

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 751, Issue , 2005, Pages 3-14

  Angelantonj, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 33645522349     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1891525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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