Sasaki-Einstein manifolds and volume minimisation

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 280, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 611-673

  Martelli, Dario ^a   Sparks, James ^b,c   Yau, Shing Tung ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43149115832     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-008-0479-4     Document Type: Article

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