Five-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories and degenerations of Calabi-Yau spaces

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 497, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 56-100

  Intriligator, Kenneth ^a,c   Morrison, David R ^a   Seiberg, Nathan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calabi Yau geometry; Gauge theory; M theory; RG fixed points

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031582587     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00279-4     Document Type: Article

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