Symmetry breaking, conformal geometry and gauge invariance
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1751-8113,1751-8121
DOI: 10.1088/1751-8113/43/31/312002