The effective action of D6-branes in N = 1 type IIA orientifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kerstan, Max ^a   Weigand, Timo ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

D branes; Superstring vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053146081     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)105     Document Type: Article

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