Complex/symplectic mirrors

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 775-794

  Chuang, Wu Yen ^a,b   Kachru, Shamit ^a,b   Tomasiello, Alessandro ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 34547519834     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-007-0262-y     Document Type: Article

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