A Suggestion for Modification of Vafa-Witten Theory
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Using the Mathai-Quillen formalism we reexamine the twisted N = 4 supersymmetric model of Vafa-Witten theory. Smooth out the relation between the supersymmetric action and the path integral representation of the Thom class.
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تاریخ انتشار 1996