The effective action of the heterotic string compactified on manifolds with SU(3) structure

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Benmachiche, Iman ^a   Louis, Jan ^a   Martínez Pedrera, Danny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 46649090744     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/25/13/135006     Document Type: Article

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