New D = 4 gauged supergravities from N = 4 orientifolds with fluxes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 281-325

  Angelantonj, Carlo ^a   Ferrara, Sergio ^b   Trigiante, Mario ^c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c Spinoza Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

D branes; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044438550     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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