Completing the Square to Find the Supersymmetric Matter Effective Action Induced by Coupling to Linearized N=1 Supergravity

Annals of Physics

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-26

  Adler, Stephen L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

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EID: 0008891630     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/aphy.2001.6150     Document Type: Article

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