Moduli stabilisation in heterotic models with standard embedding

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Micu, Andrei ^a  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; Superstring vacua; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954987957     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2010)011     Document Type: Article

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