M-theory compactified on Calabi-Yau fourfolds with background flux

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 507, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 296-304

  Haack, Michael ^a   Louis, Jan ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

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ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; THEORY; VACUUM;

EID: 0035902127     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00464-6     Document Type: Article

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