N = 1, D = 6 supergravity: Duality and non-minimal couplings

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 511, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 326-352

  Dall'Agata, Gianguido ^a   Lechner, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Duality; Six dimensions; Supergravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032472502     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00719-0     Document Type: Article

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