Non-perturbative corrections and modularity in N = 1 type IIB compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Grimm, Thomas W ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; String duality; Superstring vacua; Supersymmetric effective theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748951606     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/10/004     Document Type: Article

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