Heterotic string from a higher dimensional perspective

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 855, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 222-267

  Andriot, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterotic string; Supergravity; Supersymmetric solutions; T duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455140523     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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