Calabi-Yau four-folds for M- and F-theory compactifications

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 518, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 515-574

  Klemm, A ^a   Lian, B ^b   Roan, S S ^d   Yau, S T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

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EID: 0032507540     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00798-0     Document Type: Article

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