Stringy geometry from F-theory

DOI10.1002/prop.201500086zbMath1339.81078OpenAlexW2305015022MaRDI QIDQ2815170

Stefano Massai

Publication date: 27 June 2016

Published in: Fortschritte der Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/prop.201500086

zbMATH Keywords

D-branesstring dualityF-theoryduality defect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Calabi-Yau manifolds (algebro-geometric aspects) (14J32) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Structure of families (Picard-Lefschetz, monodromy, etc.) (14D05) Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Formal methods and deformations in algebraic geometry (14D15)

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