The importance of being rigid: D6-brane model building on T6/Z{double struk}2×Z{double struk}6' with discrete torsion

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 868, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-222

  Honecker, Gabriele ^a   Ripka, Martin ^a   Staessens, Wieland ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intersecting D branes; Model building; Rigid D branes; String compactifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870502789     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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