Superconformal Ward identities and N = 2 Yang-Mills theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 486, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 425-442

  Howe, P S ^a,b   West, P C ^b,c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gauge field theory; Quantum field theory; Supersymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031575462     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00628-1     Document Type: Article

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