SU(5) D-brane realizations, Yukawa couplings and proton stability

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Anastasopoulos, P ^a   Leontaris, G K ^b   Richter, R ^c   Schellekens, A N ^d,e,f  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

D branes; Intersecting branes models; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650235690     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2010)011     Document Type: Article

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