Conifold transitions and five-brane condensation in M-theory on Spin(7) manifolds

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 665-705

  Gukov, Sergei ^a   Sparks, James ^b   Tong, David ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0037275539     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/4/306     Document Type: Review

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