Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1847942 Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements 2007 30 Pages PDF
Abstract

These lectures give an introduction to the interrelated topics of Calabi-Yau compactification of the type II string, black hole attractors, the all-orders entropy formula, the dual (0,4) CFT, topological strings and the OSV conjecture. Based on notes by MG of lectures by AS at the 2006 Cargèse summer school.

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