The spectrum of Bogomol'nyi solitons in gauged linear sigma models

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 475, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 440-468

  Schroers, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bogomol'nyi equations; Chern Simons solitons; Sigma models; Soliton moduli spaces; Textures; Vortices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030576748     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00348-3     Document Type: Article

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