Axion gauge symmetries and generalized Chern-Simons terms in N = 1 supersymmetric theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 135-146

  Andrianopoli, Laura ^a   Ferrara, Sergio ^a,b   Lledó, Maria A ^c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Supersymmetric Effective Theories; Supersymmetry and Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044494477     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/04/005     Document Type: Article

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