Geometric singularities and enhanced gauge symmetries

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 481, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 215-252

  Bershadsky, M ^a   Intriligator, K ^b   Kachru, S ^a   Morrison, D R ^c,d   Sadov, V ^b   Vafa, C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duality; Gauge; Geometry; Soliton; String; Supersymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000451739     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)90131-5     Document Type: Article

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