The D5-brane effective action and superpotential in N = 1 compactifications

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 816, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 139-184

  Grimm, Thomas W ^a   Ha, Tae Won ^a   Klemm, Albrecht ^a   Klevers, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 64449085849     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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