Lectures on black holes, Topological strings, and quantum attractors (2.0)

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 755, Issue , 2008, Pages 283-373

  Pioline, B ^a  

^a LPTHE   (France)

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EID: 52749091005     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79523-0_6     Document Type: Article

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