The Seiberg-Witten differential from M-theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 508, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 219-228

  Fayyazuddin, Ansar ^b   Spaliński, Michał ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031584030     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)80010-7     Document Type: Article

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