Six-dimensional (1,0) effective action of F-theory via M-theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Bonetti, Federico ^a   Grimm, Thomas W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compactification and string models; F theory; M theory; String duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861862843     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2012)019     Document Type: Article

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