On brane back-reaction and de Sitter solutions in higher-dimensional supergravity

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Burgess, C P ^a,b   Maharana, Anshuman ^c   Van Nierop, L ^a   Nizami, A A ^c   Quevedo, F ^d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

DS vacua in string theory; F Theory; Flux compactifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860268980     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2012)018     Document Type: Article

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