Toric geometry, Sasaki-Einstein manifolds and a new infinite class of AdS/CFT duals

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-89

  Martelli, Dario ^a   Sparks, James ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 29644444571     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-005-1425-3     Document Type: Article

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