Topological symmetry of forms, N = 1 supersymmetry and S-duality on special manifolds

Journal of Geometry and Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2379-2401

  Baulieu, Laurent ^a   Tanzini, Alessandro ^b  

^a LPTHE   (France)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Supersymmetry; Topological field theories; Topological strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746302581     PISSN: 03930440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomphys.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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