Generalised T-duality and non-geometric backgrounds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Dabholkar, Atish ^a   Hull, Chris ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flux compactifications; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891637440     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/05/009     Document Type: Article

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