Global Gauge Anomalies in Two-Dimensional Bosonic Sigma Models

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 302, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 513-580

  Gawȩdzki, Krzysztof ^a   Suszek, Rafał R ^b   Waldorf, Konrad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79651469583     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-010-1162-0     Document Type: Article

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