Instanton calculus, topological field theories and N = 2 Super Yang-Mills theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 7 PART A, 2000, Pages

  Bellisai, Diego ^a   Fucito, Francesco ^b   Travaglini, Gabriele ^b   Tanzini, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BRST Symmetry; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; Supersymmetric Effective Theories; Topological Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 7744242589     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/07/017     Document Type: Article

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