Self-dual effective action of N = 4 SYM revisited

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 155-189

  Kuzenko, Sergei M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extended Supersymmetry; Superspaces; Supersymmetric Effective Theories; Supersymmetry and Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344433946     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/03/008     Document Type: Article

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