Open heterotic strings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Polchinski, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

String theory and cosmic strings; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749443716     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/09/082     Document Type: Article

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