Hybrid formalism, supersymmetry reduction, and Ramond-Ramond fluxes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Linch III, William D ^a   Vallilo, Brenno Carlini ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal field models in string theory; Flux compactifications; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947657949     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/099     Document Type: Article

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