Non-perturbative transitions among intersecting-brane vacua

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Angelantonj, Carlo ^a   Condeescu, Cezar ^b   Dudas, Emilian ^b,c   Pradisi, Gianfranco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

D branes; Intersecting branes models; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053107452     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2011)123     Document Type: Article

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