Instantons, compactification and S-duality in N = 4 SUSY Yang-Mills theory I

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages

  Dorey, Nick ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non perturbative effects; Supersymmetry and duality

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EID: 33744753795     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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