Resolutions of ℂn/ℤn orbifolds, their U(1) bundles, and applications to string model building

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Nibbelink, Stefan Groot ^a,b   Trapletti, Michele ^a   Walter, Martin G A ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Simon Kucher and Partners   (Germany)

Author keywords

Superstring vacua; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947681292     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/03/035     Document Type: Article

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