A lattice formulation of super Yang-Mills theories with exact supersymmetry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 325-353

  Sugino, Fumihiko ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extended Supersymmetry; Lattice Gauge Field Theories; Lattice Quantum Field Theory; Topological Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144462002     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/01/015     Document Type: Article

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