A new method for finding vacua in string phenomenology

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Gray, James ^a   He, Yang Hui ^b,c   Ilderton, Anton ^d   Lukas, André ^b  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547684276     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/07/023     Document Type: Article

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