Modular invariance in superstring on Calabi-Yau n -fold with A-D-E singularity

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 577, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 3-22

  Eguchi, Tohru ^a   Sugawara, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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11.25. w; 11.25.Hf; 11.25.Pm

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EID: 0034686110     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00150-4     Document Type: Article

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