Curvature on determinant bundles and first Chern forms

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 393-429

  Paycha, Sylvie ^a   Rosenberg, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinant bundles; Regularized first chern forms; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037346584     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0393-0440(01)00079-1     Document Type: Article

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