On discrete twist and four-flux in N = 1 heterotic/F-theory compactifications

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1-81

  Andreas, Björn ^a   Curio, Gottfried ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 79551502992     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.1999.v3.n5.a4     Document Type: Article

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