String junctions and non-simply connected gauge groups

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1-30

  Guralnik, Zachary ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

F Theory; Gauge Symmetry; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744747013     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/07/002     Document Type: Article

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