Supersymmetry breaking and α′-corrections to flux induced potentials

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1437-1458

  Becker, Katrin ^a   Becker, Melanie ^b   Haack, Michael ^c   Louis, Jan ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

M Theory; Superstring Vacua; Supersymmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044483777     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/06/060     Document Type: Article

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