Non-perturbative SQCD superpotentials from string instantons

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Akerblom, Nikolas ^a   Blumenhagen, Ralph ^a   Lüst, Dieter ^a,b   Plauschinn, Erik ^a,b   Schmidt Sommerfeld, Maximilian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

D branes; Intersecting branes models

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247853375     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/04/076     Document Type: Article

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