M-theory on eight-manifolds

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 477, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-167

  Becker, Katrin ^a   Becker, Melanie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030573952     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00367-7     Document Type: Article

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