Holomorphicity and modularity in Seiberg-Witten theories with matter

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Huang, Min Xin ^a   Klemm, Albrecht ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Matrix models; Supersymmetric gauge theory; Supersymmetry and duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954982834     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP07(2010)083     Document Type: Article

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