Flux discharge cascades in various dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Kleban, Matthew ^a   Krishnaiyengar, Karthik ^a   Porrati, Massimo ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Flux compactifications; Large extra dimensions; Nonperturbative effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255176564     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2011)096     Document Type: Article

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