Weierstrass meets Enriques

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Braun, A P ^a   Ebert, R ^a   Hebecker, A ^a   Valandro, R ^a  

^a INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Differential and algebraic geometry; F theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954892612     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2010)077     Document Type: Article

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