U(n) spectral covers from decomposition

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Choi, Kang Sin ^a,b   Hayashi, Hirotaka ^a  

^a Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

F Theory; String duality; Superstring vacua; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864367640     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2012)009     Document Type: Article

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