Non-perturbative superpotentials in F-theory and string duality

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Berglund, P ^a   Mayr, P ^b  

^a University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

dS vacua in string theory; F Theory; Flux compactifications; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873292122     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2013)114     Document Type: Article

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