The Weinberg operator and a lower string scale in orientifold compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Cvetič, Mirjam ^a,b   Halverson, James ^a   Langacker, Paul ^c   Richter, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

D branes; Intersecting branes models; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649686821     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2010)094     Document Type: Article

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