Codimension-three bundle singularities in F-Theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 239-258

  Candelas, Philip ^a   Diaconescu, Duiliu Emanuel ^b   Florea, Bogdan ^a,c   Morrison, David R ^b,d   Rajesh, Govindan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

F Theory; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044470960     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/06/014     Document Type: Article

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