Moduli stabilization in non-geometric backgrounds

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 770, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-46

  Becker, Katrin ^a   Becker, Melanie ^a   Vafa, Cumrun ^b,c   Walcher, Johannes ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 33947733071     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.01.034     Document Type: Article

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