Four Kähler moduli stabilisation in type IIB orientifolds with K3-fibred Calabi-Yau threefold compactification

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Lüst, Dieter ^a,b   Zhang, Xu ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Flux compactifications; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878845380     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP05(2013)051     Document Type: Article

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