The Instanton Hunter's Guide to supersymmetric SU(N) gauge theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 536, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 69-109

  Khoze, Valentin V ^a   Mattis, Michael P ^b   Slater, Matthew J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0032556615     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00579-3     Document Type: Article

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