On vector bundles and chiral matter in N=1 heterotic compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Andreas, Björn ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential and algebraic geometry; F theory; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646037685     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/01/011     Document Type: Article

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