Spin(9)-structures and connections with totally skew-symmetric torsion

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 197-206

  Friedrich, Thomas ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Special Riemannian manifolds; Spin(9) structures; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038307437     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(02)00189-4     Document Type: Article

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