An open string landscape

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 11, 2005, Pages 491-518

  Gomis, Jaume ^a   Mateos, David ^a   Marchesano, Fernando ^b,c  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c FIELDS INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compactification and String Models; D branes; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645514126     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/11/021     Document Type: Article

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