G-flux in F-theory and algebraic cycles

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 856, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-179

  Braun, A P ^a   Collinucci, A ^b   Valandro, R ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 83555176036     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.10.034     Document Type: Article

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