The orbifolder: A tool to study the low-energy effective theory of heterotic orbifolds

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1363-1380

  Nilles, H P ^a   Ramos Sanchez S ^b   Vaudrevange, P K S ^c,d,e   Wingerter, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c DESY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

Author keywords

Extra dimensions; MSSM; Orbifold; Particle spectrum; String compactification

Indexed keywords

COMPACTIFICATION; EXTRA DIMENSIONS; MSSM; ORBIFOLD; PARTICLE SPECTRUM;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FRACTALS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84857782548     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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