Supersymmetry breaking, m-theory and fluxes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Becker, Katrin ^a   Becker, Melanie ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

M Theory; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744770038     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/07/038     Document Type: Article

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