Higher-dimensional analogues of Donaldson-Witten theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 503, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 657-674

  Acharya, B S ^a   O'Loughlin, M ^b   Spence, B ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Donaldson Witten theory; Higher dimensional instantons; Manifolds of exceptional holonomy; Topological field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031580987     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00515-4     Document Type: Article

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