Stabilizing moduli with a positive cosmological constant in heterotic M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Braun, Volker ^a   Ovrut, Burt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings; Supersymmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748799436     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/07/035     Document Type: Article

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