Chern class identities from tadpole matching in type IIB and F-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Aluffi, Paolo ^a   Esole, Mboyo ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Differential and algebraic geometry; F theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649497310     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/03/032     Document Type: Article

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