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Supersymmetric sigma models and Kähler manifolds

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Forger, M. (1988). Supersymmetric sigma models and Kähler manifolds. In: Bongaarts, P.J.M., Martini, R. (eds) Complex Differential Geometry and Supermanifolds in Strings and Fields. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 311. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0038537

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