The Coulomb phase in N = 1 gauge theories with an LG-type superpotential

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 499, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 100-124

  Giveon, Amit ^a   Pelc, Oskar ^a   Rabinovici, Eliezer ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coulomb phase; Gauge field theory; Supersymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031577402     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00297-6     Document Type: Article

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