More on dimension-4 proton decay problem in F-theory. Spectral surface, discriminant locus and monodromy

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 840, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 304-348

  Hayashi, Hirotaka ^a   Kawano, Teruhiko ^a   Tsuchiya, Yoichi ^a   Watari, Taizan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 77955665449     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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