4-D gauged supergravity analysis of type-IIB vacua on K3 × T 2 /ℤ2

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 933-955

  Andrianopoli, Laura ^a   D'Auria, Riccardo ^b,c   Ferrara, Sergio ^a,d   Lledó, Maria A ^d  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Supergravity Models; Supersymmetry and Duality; Supersymmetry Breaking

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EID: 23044450223     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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