GUT relations from string theory compactifications

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 810, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 316-353

  Tatar, Radu ^a   Watari, Taizan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 57749111859     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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