On vanishing two loop cosmological constants in nonsupersymmetric strings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Kachru, Shamit ^a,c   Silverstein, Eva ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Superstring vacua; Superstrings and heterotic strings; Supersymmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646060430     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/01/004     Document Type: Article

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