Five-brane instantons vs. flux-induced gauging of isometries

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Anguelova, Lilia ^a   Zoubos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; M Theory

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EID: 33846126613     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/071     Document Type: Review

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