Orientifolds of non-supersymmetric, asymmetric orbifolds

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 551, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 601-616

  Blumenhagen, Ralph ^a   Görlich, Lars ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric orbifolds; D branes; Orientifolds; Problem of cosmological constant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033526738     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00241-2     Document Type: Article

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