Orbifold symmetry reductions of massive boson-fermion degeneracy

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 820, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 237-268

  Florakis, Ioannis ^a   Kounnas, Costas ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

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EID: 67649435979     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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