Moduli stabilization in heterotic M-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 797, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 243-267

  Paccetti Correia, Filipe ^a   Schmidt, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterotic M theory; Moduli stabilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849104783     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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