On the general structure of gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten terms

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 534, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 653-674

  De Azcarraga J A ^a   Perez Bueno J C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differential geometry; Gauge theories; Wess Zumino terms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032583038     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00587-2     Document Type: Article

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