Vector bundle moduli and small instanton transitions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1277-1320

  Buchbinder, Evgeny ^a   Donagi, Ron ^a   Ovrut, Burt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; M Theory; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044444675     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/06/054     Document Type: Article

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