R-charges, Chiral rings and RG flows in supersymmetric Chern-Simons-Matter theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Niarchos, Vasilis ^a  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Chern simons theories; Conformal and W symmetry; M theory; Supersymmetry and duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649559496     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/05/054     Document Type: Article

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