Small instanton transitions in heterotic M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 5 PART B, 2000, Pages 14-36

  Ovrut, Burt A ^a   Pantev, Tony ^a   Park, Jaemo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

M Theory; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244231378     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/05/045     Document Type: Article

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