Gauge fluxes in F-theory and type IIB orientifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Krause, Sven ^a   Mayrhofer, Christoph ^a   Weigand, Timo ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

F Theory; Intersecting branes models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865710216     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2012)119     Document Type: Article

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