Non-geometric flux vacua, s-duality and algebraic geometry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Guarino, Adolfo ^a   Weatherill, George James ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649509818     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/02/042     Document Type: Article

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