Toric morphisms and fibrations of toric Calabi-Yau hypersurfaces

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 457-505

  Hu, Yi ^a   Liu, Chien Hao ^b   Yau, Shing Tung ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptic calabi yau manifold; Fibration; Fibred calabi yau manifold; Heterotic string F theory duality; Primitive cone; Relative star; Toric calabi yau hypersurface; Toric morphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444441312     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.2002.v6.n3.a2     Document Type: Article

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