Critical points and supersymmetric vacua, III: String/M models

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 265, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 617-671

  Douglas, Michael R ^a,b   Shiffman, Bernard ^c   Zelditch, Steve ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745326098     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-006-0003-7     Document Type: Article

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