Mass hierarchies from MSSM orientifold compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Cvetič, Mirjam ^a   Halverson, James ^a   Richter, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

D branes; Intersecting branes models; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955009494     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2010)005     Document Type: Article

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