Instanton moduli in string theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 4, 2005, Pages 165-200

  Buchbinder, Evgeny I ^a   Ovrut, Burt A ^b   Reinbacher, Rene ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; M Theory; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 19344376697     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/04/008     Document Type: Article

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