Nonsupersymmetric brane/antibrane configurations in type IIA and M theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 789, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 294-361

  Marsano, Joseph ^a   Papadodimas, Kyriakos ^b   Shigemori, Masaki ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 35649005566     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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