Maximally supersymmetric solutions of ten- And eleven-dimensional supergravities

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1031-1055

  Figueroa O'Farrill, José ^a   Papadopoulos, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; M Theory; Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044442764     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/03/048     Document Type: Article

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