Multi-instanton calculus and equivariant cohomology

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1305-1328

  Bruzzo, Ugo ^a   Fucito, Francesco ^b   Morales, José F ^c,d   Tanzini, Alessandro ^e  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Spinoza Institute   (Netherlands)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^e LPTHE   (France)

Author keywords

BRST Symmetry; Nonperturbative Effects; Topological Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745008195     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/05/054     Document Type: Article

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