On quantum corrected Kähler potentials in F-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  García Etxebarria, Iñaki ^a   Hayashi, Hirotaka ^b   Savelli, Raffaele ^c   Shiu, Gary ^d,e  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b Korea Institute for Advanced Study   (South Korea)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^e HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Compactification and String Models; F Theory; Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876241456     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2013)005     Document Type: Article

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