A kind of prediction from superstring model building

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1-20

  Muñoz, Carlos ^a,b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compactification and String Models; Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744728035     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/12/015     Document Type: Article

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