The local symmetries of M-theory and their formulation in generalised geometry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Berman, David S ^a   Godazgar, Hadi ^b   Godazgar, Mahdi ^b   Perry, Malcolm J ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

M Theory; Space Time Symmetries; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857348283     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2012)012     Document Type: Article

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