Massive Abelian gauge symmetries and fluxes in F-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Grimm, Thomas W ^a   Kerstan, Max ^b   Palti, Eran ^c   Weigand, Timo ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

F theory; Flux compactifications; Intersecting branes models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255198108     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP12(2011)004     Document Type: Article

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