Obstructions to the existence of Sasaki-Einstein metrics

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 803-827

  Gauntlett, Jerome P ^a   Martelli, Dario ^b   Sparks, James ^c,d   Yau, Shing Tung ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34347217873     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-007-0213-7     Document Type: Article

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