@article {2006, title = {Normal bundles to Laufer rational curves in local Calabi-Yau threefolds}, number = {SISSA;88/2005/FM}, year = {2006}, abstract = {We prove a conjecture by F. Ferrari. Let X be the total space of a nonlinear deformation of a rank 2 holomorphic vector bundle on a smooth rational curve, such that X has trivial canonical bundle and has sections. Then the normal bundle to such sections is computed in terms of the rank of the Hessian of a suitably defined superpotential at its critical points.}, doi = {10.1007/s11005-006-0057-7}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/1963/1785}, author = {Ugo Bruzzo and Antonio Ricco} }