Model building with F-theory

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1237-1317

  Donagi, Ron ^a   Wijnholt, Martijn ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84868289076     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.2011.v15.n5.a2     Document Type: Article

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