Stable and metastable cosmic strings in heterotic M-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 749, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 225-244

  Buchbinder, Evgeny I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 33745728236     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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