The topological vertex

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 425-478

  Aganagic, Mina ^a   Klemm, Albrecht ^b   Mariño, Marcos ^c   Vafa, Cumrun ^a,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 13244277682     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-004-1162-z     Document Type: Article

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