Special geometry of euclidean supersymmetry II. Hypermultiplets and the c-map

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 6, 2005, Pages 549-584

  Cortés, Vicente ^a   Mayer, Christoph ^b   Mohaupt, Thomas ^b   Saueressig, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ HENRI POINCARÉ NANCY 1   (France)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Differential and Algebraic Geometry; Extended Supersymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144462869     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/06/025     Document Type: Article

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