Axion stabilization in type IIB flux compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hristov, Kiril ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; Nonperturbative effects; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649097002     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/01/046     Document Type: Article

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