The Katuza-Klein Melvin solution in M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Costa, Miguel S ^a   Gutperle, Michael ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

M Theory; Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744930637     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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