F-theory and linear sigma models

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 527, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 531-570

  Bershadsky, M ^a   Chiang, T M ^b   Greene, B R ^c   Johansen, A ^a   Lazaroiu, C I ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Compactification; Duality; F theory; Heterotic strings; Sigma model; Spectral cover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032494043     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00429-5     Document Type: Article

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