Covariant N ≤ 2 heterotic string in four dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Linch III, William D ^a   Vallilo, Brenno Carlini ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conformal field models in string theory; Extended supersymmetry; Superspaces; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947654397     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/03/082     Document Type: Article

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