Metastable supersymmetry breaking in N=2 non-linear sigma-models

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 840, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 67-113

  Jacot, Jean Claude ^a   Scrucca, Claudio A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77955665763     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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