Mirror symmetry in generalized Calabi-Yau compactifications

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 654, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 61-113

  Gurrieri, Sebastien ^a   Louis, Jan ^b   Micu, Andrei ^b   Waldram, Daniel ^c  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037463711     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(03)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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