N = 4 gauged supergravity from duality-twist compactifications of string theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Reid Edwards, R A ^a   Spanjaard, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; String duality; Superstring vacua; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649167990     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/12/052     Document Type: Article

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