Three-dimensional N = 2 gauge theories and degenerations of Calabi-Yau four-folds

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 535, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 171-196

  Diaconescu, Duiliu Emanuel ^a   Gukov, Sergei ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerations; Four folds; Gauge theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032494947     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00597-5     Document Type: Article

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