Compactifications of F-theory on Calabi - Yau threefolds (II)

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 476, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 437-469

  Morrison, David R ^a   Vafa, Cumrun ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonperturbative effects in string theory; Phase transitions; String string duality; Type IIA string

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030607092     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00369-0     Document Type: Article

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