Conifolds and geometric transitions

Reviews of Modern Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1419-1453

  Gwyn, Rhiannon ^a   Knauf, Anke ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOLOGY;

COMPLEX STRUCTURES; GAUGE THEORIES; GEOMETRIC TRANSITIONS; SINGULAR SOLUTIONS; SUPER GRAVITIES; SUPERSYMMETRY;

GAGES;

EID: 56549089228     PISSN: 00346861     EISSN: 15390756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.80.1419     Document Type: Article

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