Geometric transitions, flops and non-Kähler manifolds: I

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 702, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 207-268

  Becker, Melanie ^a   Dasgupta, Keshav ^b   Knauf, Anke ^a,c   Tatar, Radu ^d  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 9144220422     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.09.020     Document Type: Article

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