Counting higher genus curves in a Calabi-Yau manifold

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 543, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 592-614

  Mariño, Marcos ^a   Moore, Gregory ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

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EID: 0033614220     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00847-5     Document Type: Article

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