Higher-spin Chern-Simons theories in odd dimensions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 786, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-25

  Engquist, Johan ^a   Hohm, Olaf ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34948842430     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.06.015     Document Type: Article

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