Graded Chern-Simons field theory and graded topological D-branes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 515-580

  Lazaroiu, Calin I ^a   Roiban, Radu ^a   Vaman, Diana ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BRST Symmetry; Chern Simons Theories; D branes; Topological Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444452690     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/04/023     Document Type: Article

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