Lectures on F-theory compactifications and model building

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Weigand, Timo ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

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EID: 78649842383     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/27/21/214004     Document Type: Article

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