Supersymmetric sources, integrability and generalized-structure compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Koerber, Paul ^a   Tsimpis, Dimitrios ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; P branes; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953244137     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/08/082     Document Type: Article

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