Spin coherent-state path integrals and the instanton calculus

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-70

  Garg, Anupam ^a   Kochetov, Evgueny ^b   Park, Kee Su ^c   Stone, Michael ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 0037247813     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1521797     Document Type: Article

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