Breaking GUT groups in F-theory

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1523-1604

  Donagi, Ron ^a   Wijnholt, Martijn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 84872359908     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.2011.v15.n6.a1     Document Type: Article

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