The geometry of D = 11 Killing spinors

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 867-899

  Gauntlett, Jerome P ^a   Pakis, Stathis ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; M Theory; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044463784     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/04/039     Document Type: Article

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