Sigma-model symmetry in orientifold models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 7 PART A, 2000, Pages

  Scrucca, Claudio A ^a   Serone, Marco ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Anomalies in Field and String Theories; Superstring Vacua

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EID: 7744244156     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/07/025     Document Type: Article

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