The BPS spectra and superconformal points in massive N = 2 supersymmetric QCD

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 516, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 175-228

  Bilal, Adel ^a   Ferrari, Frank ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Duality; Non perturbative BPS spectrum; Strong coupling; Supersymmetric QCD; Supersymmetric Yang Mills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032513448     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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