Exponential hierarchy from spacetime variable string vacua

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 9 PART A, 2000, Pages

  Berglund, Per ^a   Hübsch, Tristan ^b,d   Minic, Djordje ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Extra Large Dimensions; p branes; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 7744247160     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/09/015     Document Type: Article

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