Mass perturbations in twisted N = 4 supersymmetric gauge theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 518, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 37-58

  Labastida, J M F ^a,b   Lozano, Carlos ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Duality; Supersymmetry; Topological quantum field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032481971     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00135-7     Document Type: Article

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