Stabilizing the complex structure in heterotic Calabi-Yau vacua

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Anderson, Lara B ^a   Gray, James ^b   Lukas, Andre ^b   Ovrut, Burt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential and algebraic geometry; M theory; Superstring vacua; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053170009     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2011)088     Document Type: Article

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