Conformal sigma models on supercoset targets

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 745, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 109-122

  Kagan, David ^a   Young, Charles A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33646510550     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.02.027     Document Type: Article

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