The Vafa-Witten theory for Gauge Group SU(N)

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1-25

  Labastida, J M F ^a   Lozano, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Duality; Supersymmetry; Topological quantum field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044508395     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.1999.v3.n5.a1     Document Type: Article

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