Lectures on special Kähler geometry and electric-magnetic duality rotations

Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 59-114

  Fré, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 16144366437     PISSN: 09205632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0920-5632(95)00629-X     Document Type: Article

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