Torsional heterotic geometries

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 820, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-31

  Becker, Katrin ^a   Sethi, Savdeep ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 67649447350     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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