Cosmology of F-theory GUTs

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Heckman, Jonathan J ^a   Tavanfar, Alireza ^a   Vafa, Cumrun ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology of theories beyond the SM; F Theory

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EID: 77954927608     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2010)054     Document Type: Article

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