On orbifolds and free fermion constructions

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 942-968

  Donagi, Ron ^a   Wendland, Katrin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free fermion models; Heterotic strings; Orbifold constructions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349241889     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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