Seiberg-Witten monopoles in three dimensions

Letters in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-228

  Carey, A L ^a   Wang, B L ^a   Zhang, R B ^a   Mccarthy, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Casson invariants; Seiberg Witten monopoles; Topological Lagrangians

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000352012     PISSN: 03779017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007319915035     Document Type: Article

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