Magnetized E3-brane instantons in F-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Bianchi, Massimo ^a   Collinucci, Andrés ^b   Martucci, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

D branes; F theory; Nonperturbative effects; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255197992     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2011)045     Document Type: Article

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