Hitchin functionals in N = 2 supergravity

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-201

  Graña, Mariana ^a,b   Louis, Jan ^c   Waldram, Daniel ^d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended Supersymmetry; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644754999     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/01/008     Document Type: Article

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