Towards a naturally small cosmological constant from branes in 6D supergravity

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 680, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 389-414

  Aghababaie, Y ^a   Burgess, C P ^a   Parameswaran, S L ^b   Quevedo, F ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmological constant; String moduli; Supersymmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742285214     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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