Non-Kähler string backgrounds and their five torsion classes

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 652, Issue , 2003, Pages 5-34

  Cardoso, G L ^a   Curio, G ^a   Dall'Agata, G ^a   Lust D ^a   Manousselis, P ^b   Zoupanos, G ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 0037416911     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(03)00049-X     Document Type: Article

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