D-brane instantons and the effective field theory of flux compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Uranga, Angel M ^a,b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

D branes; Flux compactifications; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 63649124998     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/01/048     Document Type: Article

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