Anomaly equations and intersection theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Park, Daniel S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; F Theory; M Theory; String Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857271400     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2012)093     Document Type: Article

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