Brane constructions, conifolds and M-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 551, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 204-228

  Dasgupta, Keshav ^a   Mukhi, Sunil ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 0033612471     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00206-0     Document Type: Article

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