Zp charged branes in flux compactifications

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1-34

  Berasaluce Gonzalez M ^a   Camara P G ^b   Marchesano, F ^a   Uranga, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

D branes; Discrete and finite symmetries; Flux compactifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928237056     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2013)138     Document Type: Article

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