Supersymmetric Wilson loops in N = 6 super-Chern-Simons-matter theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 825, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 38-51

  Chen, Bin ^a   Wu, Jun Bao ^b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

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EID: 74449087599     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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