Vafa, Cumrun2019-09-221995Vafa, Cumrun. 1995. “A Stringy Test of the Fate of the Conifold.” Nuclear Physics B 447 (2–3): 252–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(95)00279-2.0169-68230550-32131873-1562http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41385056By studying string loop corrections to the superpotential of Type LI strings compactified on Calabi-Yau threefolds we find a quantum stringy test and a confirmation of a recent proposal of Strominger on the fate of the conifold singularity, We also propose a connection between the spectrum of Bogomolnyi saturated solitons and the one-loop string partition function of N = 2 topological strings.en-USJournal Article2019-09-2210.1016/0550-3213(95)00279-2