Euclidean SYM theories by time reduction and special holonomy manifolds

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 415, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 242-252

  Blau, Matthias ^a   Thompson, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

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EID: 0042543867     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0370-2693(97)01163-5     Document Type: Article

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