Comparing instanton contributions with exact results in N = 2 supersymmetric scale invariant theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-23

  Argyres, Philip C ^a,b   Pelland, Sophie ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Duality in Gauge Field Theories; Extended Supersymmetry; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; Supersymmetry and Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 6444243985     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/03/014     Document Type: Review

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