Moduli stabilization with string gas and fluxes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Cheung, Yeuk Kwan E ^a,b   Watson, Scott ^c   Brandenberger, Robert ^c,d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891637628     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/05/025     Document Type: Article

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