Cycling in the throat

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Easson, Damien ^a   Gregory, Ruth ^a   Zavala, Ivonne ^a   Tasinato, Gianmassimo ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D branes; Flux compactifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247846269     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/04/026     Document Type: Article

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