D-brane deconstructions in IIB orientifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Collinucci, Andrés ^a   Denef, Frederik ^b,c   Esole, Mboyo ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; F Theory; Flux compactifications; Tachyon condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649553451     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/02/005     Document Type: Article

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