Supersymmetric 4D orientifolds of type IIA with D6-branes at angles

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-26

  Blumenhagen, Ralph ^a   Görlich, Lars ^a   Körs, Boris ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

D branes; Superstring Vacua; Supersymmetric Effective Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444222520     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/01/040     Document Type: Article

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