Constructing nongeometric vacua in string theory

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.11.005zbMath1119.81365arXivhep-th/0404217OpenAlexW2020079100WikidataQ125886081 ScholiaQ125886081MaRDI QIDQ874569

Brook Williams, Alex Flournoy, Brian Wecht

Publication date: 10 April 2007

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0404217

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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