Compactifications of F-theory on Calabi-Yau threefolds. (I)
David R. Morrison,Cumrun Vafa +1 more
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In this article, the authors studied compactifications of F-theory on Calabi-Yau three-folds and showed that string/string duality in six dimensions gets mapped to fiber/base exchange in Ftheory.About:
This article is published in Nuclear Physics.The article was published on 1996-09-30 and is currently open access. It has received 1069 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Heterotic string theory & String duality.read more
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On compact analytic surfaces II
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