Topological string theory on compact Calabi-Yau: Modularity and boundary conditions

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 757, Issue , 2009, Pages 45-102

  Huang, Min Xin ^a   Klemm, A ^a,b   Quackenbush, S ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 58149159453     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68030-7_3     Document Type: Article

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