On instanton effects in F-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Blumenhagen, Ralph ^a   Collinucci, Andrés ^b   Jurke, Benjamin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

F Theory; Intersecting branes models; M Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955875701     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2010)079     Document Type: Article

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