Spontaneous N = 2 → N = 1 supersymmetry breaking in supergravity and type II string theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Louis, Jan ^a   Smyth, Paul ^a   Triendl, Hagen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extended supersymmetry; Flux compactifications; Supergravity models; Supersymmetry breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954938151     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2010)103     Document Type: Article

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