A direct proof of BCFW recursion for twistor-strings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Skinner, David ^a  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extended supersymmetry; Supersymmetric gauge theory; Topological strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053150278     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2011)072     Document Type: Article

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