String junctions and BPS states in Seiberg-Witten theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 531, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 108-124

  Bergman, Oren ^a   Fayyazuddin, Ansar ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001521938     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00591-4     Document Type: Article

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