Superconformal invariance and the geography of four-manifolds

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 691-735

  Mariño, Marcos ^a   Moore, Gregory ^a   Peradze, Grigor ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

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EID: 0033474571     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050694     Document Type: Article

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