D7-brane moduli vs. F-theory cycles in elliptically fibred threefolds

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 836, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-36

  Braun, A P ^a   Gerigk, S ^b   Hebecker, A ^a   Triendl, H ^c  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

D branes; Elliptic Calabi Yau manifolds; F theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952674832     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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