Generalized Kähler geometry and manifest N = (2,2)supersymmetric nonlinear sigma-models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1713-1730

  Lindström, Ulf ^a,b   Rocek, Martin ^c   Von Unge, Rikard ^d   Zabzine, Maxim ^e  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global Symmetries; Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844509512     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/07/067     Document Type: Article

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