Duality from topological symmetry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Baulieu, Laurent ^a   Shatashvili, Samson L ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Duality in Gauge Field Theories; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings; Topological Field Theorie

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646064735     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/03/011     Document Type: Article

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