Dimensional reduction of ten-dimensional supersymmetric gauge theories in the N = 1, D = 4 superfield formalism

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 699-721

  Manousselis, Pantelis ^a   Zoupanos, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gauge Symmetry; Space Time Symmetries; Superspaces; Supersymmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044458113     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/11/025     Document Type: Article

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