Supersymmetry reduction of N-extended supergravities in four dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 505-565

  Andrianopoli, Laura ^a,b   D'Auria, Riccardo ^a   Ferrara, Sergio ^a,c,d,e  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Extended Supersymmetry; Supergravity Models; Supersymmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 11944268011     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/03/025     Document Type: Article

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