Loop groups, Kaluza-Klein reduction and M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 6, 2005, Pages 991-1017

  Bergman, Aaron ^a   Varadarajan, Uday ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; M Theory; String Duality; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144485212     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/06/043     Document Type: Article

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