Bounds on masses of bulk fields in string compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Kachru, Shamit ^a   McGreevy, John ^a   Svrček, Peter ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; Superstring Vacua; Supersymmetry Breaking; Supersymmetry Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646404054     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/04/023     Document Type: Article

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