Orientifolds and mirror symmetry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 71-189

  Brunner, Ilka ^a   Hori, Kentaro ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conformal Field Models in String Theory; D branes; Sigma Models; Topological Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044512456     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/11/005     Document Type: Article

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