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Supersymmetry and T T ¯ $$ T\overline{T} $$ deformations
- Award ID(s):
- 1720480
- PAR ID:
- 10097735
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics
- Volume:
- 2019
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 1029-8479
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2019)131
