Supersymmetric gauge theories, vortices and equivariant cohomology

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1233-1266

  Machin, W ^a   Papadopoulos, G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0037272720     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/20/7/302     Document Type: Article

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