Flux compactifications of M-theory on twisted tori

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Hull, Christopher M ^a   Reid Edwards, Ronald A ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compactification and String Models; Flux compactifications; Superstring Vacua; Supersymmetry and Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846179043     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/10/086     Document Type: Review

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