Fluxes in M-theory on 7-manifolds and G structures

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 27-37

  Behrndt, Klaus ^a   Jeschek, Claus ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; M Theory; Superstring Vacua; Supersymmetric Effective Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044438493     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/04/002     Document Type: Article

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