Model building and phenomenology of flux-induced supersymmetry breaking on D3-branes

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 712, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 20-58

  Marchesano, Fernando ^a   Shiu, Gary ^a   Wang, Lian Tao ^a,b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 15344346220     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2005.01.046     Document Type: Article

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