Twisted N = 2 supersymmetry with central charge and equivariant cohomology

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-71

  Labastida, J M F ^a   Marino M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0031116530     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050081     Document Type: Article

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