Hints for off-shell mirror symmetry in type II/F-theory compactifications

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 841, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-338

  Alim, M ^a,c   Hecht, M ^a   Jockers, H ^b   Mayr, P ^a   Mertens, A ^a   Soroush, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 77956652421     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.06.017     Document Type: Article

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