Charge lattices and consistency of 6D supergravity

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Seiberg, Nathan ^a   Taylor, Washington ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Field theories in higher dimensions; Supergravity models

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053110234     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)001     Document Type: Article

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