A note on flux induced superpotentials in string theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 447-463

  Becker, Melanie ^a   Constantin, Dragoş ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

M Theory; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044472521     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/08/015     Document Type: Article

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