Instanton sums and five-dimensional gauge theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 513, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 239-265

  Lawrence, Albion ^a   Nekrasov, Nikita ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Calabi Yau compactifications; M theory; String theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032473152     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00694-9     Document Type: Article

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