The type IIB string axiverse and its low-energy phenomenology

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Cicoli, Michele ^a,b   Goodsell, Mark D ^c   Ringwald, Andreas ^d  

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

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Strings and branes phenomenology

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EID: 84868270058     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP10(2012)146     Document Type: Article

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