Holonomy groups coming from F-theory compactification

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 681-692

  Belhaj, Adil ^a,b,c   Boya, Luis J ^b   Seguí, Antonio ^b  

^a CENTRE NATIONAL DE L ENERGIE DES SCIENCES TECHNIQUES NUCLEAIRES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

F theory; Holonomy groups; M theory; Octonions; Superstrings

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952012286     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: 15729575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10773-010-0247-z     Document Type: Article

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