Spontaneous N = 2 → N = 1 local supersymmetry breaking with surviving compact gauge groups

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 493, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 231-248

  Fré, Pietro ^a,b   Girardello, Luciano ^c   Pesando, Igor ^a   Trigiante, Mario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NORDITA   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breaking; Compact; Group; Supergravity; Surviving

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031586985     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00076-X     Document Type: Article

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