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10 - Basics of supersymmetry with emphasis on gauge theories

from Part II - Introduction to supersymmetry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

M. Shifman
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University of Minnesota
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Advanced Topics in Quantum Field Theory
A Lecture Course
, pp. 403 - 559
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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