One in a billion: MSSM-like D-brane statistics

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-87

  Gmeiner, Florian ^a,b   Blumenhagen, Ralph ^a   Honecker, Gabriele ^a   Lüst, Dieter ^a,b   Weigand, Timo ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intersecting branes models; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645521199     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/01/004     Document Type: Article

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