On the exact R charge for N = 2 CS theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Amariti, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chern simons theories; Matrix models; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053153103     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)110     Document Type: Article

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