From F/M-theory to K-theory and back

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages 008-

  García Etxebarria, Iñaki ^a   Uranga, Angel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anomalies in Field and String Theories; F Theory; Flux compactifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644751633     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/02/008     Document Type: Article

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