SU(3) × SU(3) compactification and mirror duals of magnetic fluxes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Grãa, Mariana ^a   Louis, Jan ^b   Waldram, Daniel ^c  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; Supergravity models; Supersymmetric effective theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247874620     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/04/101     Document Type: Article

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