A bound on 6D N = 1 supergravities

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Kumar, Vijay ^a   Taylor, Washington ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalies in Field and String Theories; Superstring Vacua

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EID: 76149144041     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/12/050     Document Type: Article

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