Flipped SU(5) GUTs from E8 singularities in F-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

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

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

F Theory; GUT; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052775810     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2011)049     Document Type: Article

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