Non-perturbative effects and Yukawa hierarchies in F-theory SU(5) unification

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Font, A ^a   Ibanez L E ^b,c   Marchesano, F ^b   Regalado, D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

F Theory; GUT; Nonperturbative Effects; Quark Masses and SM Parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876231781     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2013)140     Document Type: Article

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