Low-energy dynamics in N = 2 super QED: Two-loop approximation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 727-750

  Kuzenko, Sergei M ^a   McArthur, Ian N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extended Supersymmetry; Superspaces; Supersymmetric Effective Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044497420     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/10/029     Document Type: Article

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