Theory and phenomenology of μ in M theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Acharya, Bobby Samir ^a,b   Kane, Gordon ^a   Kuflik, Eric ^a   Lu, Ran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Strings and branes phenomenology

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EID: 80053180106     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2011)033     Document Type: Article

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