On 'light' fermions and proton stability in 'big divisor' D3/D7 large volume compactifications

European Physical Journal C

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Misra, Aalok ^a   Shukla, Pramod ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

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EID: 79957803742     PISSN: 14346044     EISSN: 14346052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-011-1662-x     Document Type: Review

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