Divisors on elliptic Calabi-Yau 4-folds and the superpotential in F-theory - I

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 289-319

  Grassi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birational contractions; F theory; String theory; Superpotential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032348258     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0393-0440(98)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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