Flux moduli stabilisation, supergravity algebras and no-go theorems

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  De Carlos, Beatriz ^a   Guarino, Adolfo ^b   Moreno, Jesús M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

dS vacua in string theory; Flux compactifications; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954910081     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2010)012     Document Type: Article

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