New aspects of Heterotic-F-theory duality

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 806, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 224-299

  Hayashi, Hirotaka ^a   Tatar, Radu ^b   Toda, Yukinobu ^a   Watari, Taizan ^a   Yamazaki, Masahito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 52749095043     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.07.031     Document Type: Article

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