The exact MSSM spectrum from string theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Braun, Volker ^a   He, Yang Hui ^b,c   Ovrut, Burt A ^a   Pantev, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891655499     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/05/043     Document Type: Article

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