Generalized flux vacua

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Shelton, Jessie ^a   Taylor, Washington ^a,b   Wecht, Brian ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; String duality; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947703144     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/02/095     Document Type: Article

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