G-flux, supersymmetry and Spin(7) manifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 975-987

  Acharya, Bobby S ^a   De La Ossa, Xenia ^b   Gukov, Sergei ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

M Theory; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044481049     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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