Geometric transitions on non-Kähler manifolds

Fortschritte der Physik

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-107

  Knauf, Anke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

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EID: 33846529429     PISSN: 00158208     EISSN: 15213978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prop.200610332     Document Type: Article

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