General axisymmetric solutions and self-tuning in 6D chiral gauged supergravity

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1661-1687

  Burgess, Clifford P ^a   Quevedo, Fernando ^b   Tasinato, Gianmassimo ^c   Zavala, Ivonne ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Extra Large Dimensions; P branes; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044443937     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/11/069     Document Type: Article

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