Nongeometric flux compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2057-2080

  Shelton, Jessie ^a   Taylor, Washington ^a   Wecht, Brian ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; String Duality; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544479857     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/10/085     Document Type: Article

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