Flowing with eight supersymmetries in M-theory and F-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1129-1153

  Gowdigere, Chethan N ^a   Warner, Nicholas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT and dS CFT Correspondence; M Theory; Superstring Vacua; Supersymmetry and Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044438581     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/12/048     Document Type: Article

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