Flux algebra, Bianchi identities and Freed-Witten anomalies in F-theory compactifications

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 814, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 21-52

  Aldazabal, G ^a,c   Camara P G ^b   Rosabal, J A ^c  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO BALSEIRO   (Argentina)

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EID: 61849150529     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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