Mirror symmetry, N = 1 superpotentials and tensionless strings on Calabi-Yau four-folds

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 494, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 489-545

  Mayr, P ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0031575020     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00196-X     Document Type: Article

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