A perfect match of MSSM-like orbifold and resolution models via anomalies

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Blaszczyk, Michael ^a   Bizet, Nana Geraldine Cabo ^a,b   Nilles, Hans Peter ^a   Ruehle, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Centro de Aplicaciones Tecnologicas   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Anomalies in field and string theories; Superstring vacua; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255177502     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2011)117     Document Type: Article

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