Extremal transitions and five-dimensional supersymmetric field theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 483, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 229-247

  Morrison, David R ^a   Seiberg, Nathan ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calabi yau manifolds; D branes; Non trivial fixed points

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031555578     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00592-5     Document Type: Article

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