Hyper-Kähler sigma models on (co)tangent bundles with SO ( n ) isometry

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 745, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 208-235

  Arai, Masato ^a   Nitta, Muneto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 33646502386     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.03.033     Document Type: Article

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