M 5-brane geometries, T-duality and fluxes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 495-519

  Cascales, Juan F G ^a   Uranga, Angel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

D branes; M Theory; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144431751     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/01/021     Document Type: Article

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