D terms from D-branes, gauge invariance and moduli stabilization in flux compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 3, 2006, Pages 6001-6032

  Villadoro, Giovanni ^a   Zwirner, Fabio ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compactification and String Models; D branes; Flux compactifications; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645680550     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/03/087     Document Type: Review

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