De Sitter vacua from heterotic M-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 693, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 223-260

  Becker, Melanie ^a   Curio, Gottfried ^b   Krause, Axel ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

De Sitter vacua; Heterotic M theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342981293     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.06.019     Document Type: Article

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