On the equivalence of N = 1 brane worlds and geometric singularities with flux

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 903-922

  Kaste, Peter ^a   Partouche, Herve ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Duality in Gauge Field Theories; M Theory; String Duality; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044487996     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/11/033     Document Type: Article

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