Tree-level stability without spacetime fermions: Novel examples in string theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Isral, Dan ^a   Niarchos, Vasilis ^b  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Conformal field models in string theory; D branes; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547655773     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/07/065     Document Type: Article

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