G 4-flux, chiral matter and singularity resolution in F-theory compactifications

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 858, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-47

  Krause, Sven ^a   Mayrhofer, Christoph ^a   Weigand, Timo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

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EID: 84856019498     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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