On moduli stabilisation and de Sitter vacua in MSSM heterotic orbifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Parameswaran, Susha L ^a   Ramos Sánchez, Saúl ^b   Zavala, Ivonne ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DESY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compactification and string models; DS vacua in string theory; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053135921     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2011)071     Document Type: Article

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