Saddle point equations in Seiberg-Witten theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 717-755

  Shadchin, Sergey ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES HAUTES ÉTUDES SCIENTIFIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

M Theory; Nonperturbative Effects; Supersymmetric Effective Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044503925     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/10/033     Document Type: Article

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