Small Yukawa couplings from type-I string theory and the inflationary solution to the strong CP and μ problems

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 6, 2005, Pages 915-930

  Eyton Williams, Oliver J ^a   King, Steve F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compactification and String Models; D branes; Supersymmetry Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144481015     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/06/040     Document Type: Article

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