Non-supersymmetric stable vacua of M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Berkooz, Micha ^a   Rey, Soo Jong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1 n expansion; M theory; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646071566     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/01/014     Document Type: Article

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