Dynamical vacuum selection in string theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 833, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 64-95

  Kutasov, David ^a   Lunin, Oleg ^a,b   McOrist, Jock ^a,c   Royston, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamical vacuum selection; Non extremal branes; Supersymmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950599420     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.02.027     Document Type: Article

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