Nonsingular 4d-flat branes in six-dimensional supergravities

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1085-1096

  Nair, V P ^a   Randjbar Daemi, S ^b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cosmology of Theories beyond the SM; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; P branes; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944513447     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/03/049     Document Type: Article

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