Towards a realistic type IIA T6/ℤ4 orientifold model with background fluxes, part 1. Moduli stabilization

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Ihl, Matthias ^a   Wrase, Timm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; Superstring Vacua

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EID: 33748784072     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/07/027     Document Type: Article

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