Global F-theory GUTs

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 829, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 325-369

  Blumenhagen, Ralph ^a   Grimm, Thomas W ^b   Jurke, Benjamin ^a   Weigand, Timo ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

F theory; GUT model building; String compactifications; String model building

Indexed keywords

EID: 73749086328     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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