Stringy instanton effects in models with rigid magnetised D-branes

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 818, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 52-94

  Angelantonj, Carlo ^a   Condeescu, Cezar ^b   Dudas, Emilian ^b,c   Lennek, Michael ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 67349228758     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.03.018     Document Type: Article

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