D3/D7 branes at singularities: Constraints from global embedding and moduli stabilisation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Cicoli, M ^a,b,c   Krippendorf, S ^d   Mayrhofer, C ^e   Quevedo, F ^c,f   Valandro, R ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Strings and branes phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881409687     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2013)150     Document Type: Article

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