# Five-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories and degenerations of Calabi-Yau spaces

@article{Intriligator1997FivedimensionalSG,
title={Five-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories and degenerations of Calabi-Yau spaces},
author={Kenneth A. Intriligator and David R. Morrison and Nathan Seiberg},
journal={Nuclear Physics},
year={1997},
volume={497},
pages={56-100}
}
• Published 27 February 1997
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