Proton decay, Yukawa couplings and underlying gauge symmetry in string theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 747, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 212-265

  Tatar, Radu ^a   Watari, Taizan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33744902102     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.04.025     Document Type: Article

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