Instanton counting and chern-simons theory

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 459-499

  Iqbal, Amer ^a   Kashani Poor, Amir Kian ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 79551505331     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.2003.v7.n3.a4     Document Type: Article

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