Calculating the prepotential by localization on the moduli space of instantons

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 923-946

  Hollowood, Timothy J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonperturbative Effects; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044496245     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/03/038     Document Type: Article

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