The effective action of double field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Aldazabal, Gerardo ^a   Baron, Walter ^b   Marqués, Diego ^c   Núñez, Carmen ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTO BALSEIRO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255210415     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)052     Document Type: Article

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