D-brane spectrum and K-theory constraints of D = 4, N = 1 orientifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Maiden, John ^a   Shiu, Gary ^a   Stefański Jr , Bogdan ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compactification and String Models; D branes; Intersecting branes models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646391660     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/04/052     Document Type: Article

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