Fayet-lliopoulos potentials from four-folds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 1997, Pages

  Lerche, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Effective Theories; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Nonperturbative Effects; Supersymmetry and Duality

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EID: 6044274699     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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