BPS states, string duality, and nodal curves on K3

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 471, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 503-512

  Yau, Shing Tung ^a   Zaslow, Eric ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BPS; K3; Rational curves; S duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030585867     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00176-9     Document Type: Article

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