S-duality and topological strings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 161-171

  Nekrasov, Nikita ^a,d   Ooguri, Hirosi ^b   Vafa, Cumrun ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

D branes; Topological Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044504660     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/10/009     Document Type: Article

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