String compactification, QCD axion and axion-photon-photon coupling

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Choi, Kang Sin ^a   Kim, Lan Woo ^b   Kim, Jihn E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Global symmetries compactification and string models; GUT; Quark masses and SM parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349255919     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/03/116     Document Type: Article

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