On F-theory E6 GUTs

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Ching Ming ^a   Chung, Yu Chieh ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

F theory; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052723051     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2011)129     Document Type: Article

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