Geometries, non-geometries, and fluxes

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1515-1583

  McOrist, Jock ^a   Morrison, David R ^b   Sethi, Savdeep ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 80053119965     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.2010.v14.n5.a4     Document Type: Article

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