Small instantons, del Pezzo surfaces and type I\(^\prime\) theory

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00281-2zbMath0935.81057arXivhep-th/9609071OpenAlexW3123446258MaRDI QIDQ1358759

Cumrun Vafa, Sheldon Katz, Michael R. Douglas

Publication date: 18 June 1997

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9609071

zbMATH Keywords

instantons exceptional groups Calabi-Yau surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Rational and ruled surfaces (14J26) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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