Phenomenological analysis of D-brane Pati-Salam vacua

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Anastasopoulos, P ^a,b   Leontaris, G K ^b,c   Vlachos, N D ^d  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Strings and branes phenomenology

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EID: 77954970796     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2010)011     Document Type: Article

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