Type II/F-theory superpotentials with several deformations and N = 1 mirror symmetry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Alim, Murad ^a   Hecht, Michael ^b   Jockers, Hans ^c,d   Mayr, Peter ^b   Mertens, Adrian ^b   Soroush, Masoud ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; F Theory; Nonperturbative effects; String duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053163868     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)103     Document Type: Article

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