Geometric transitions, del Pezzo surfaces and open string instantons

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 643-702

  Diaconescu, D E ^a   Florea, B ^b   Grassi, A ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 1542369400     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/ATMP.2002.v6.n4.a3     Document Type: Article

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