The QCD axion and moduli stabilisation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Conlon, Joseph P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compactification and String Models; Flux compactifications; Supergravity Models; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745757593     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/05/078     Document Type: Article

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