On NS5-brane instantons and volume stabilization

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Looyestijn, Hugo ^a   Vandoren, Stefan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449165375     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/04/024     Document Type: Article

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