D-branes, monopoles and Nahm equations

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 503, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 220-238

  Diaconescu, Duiliu Emanuel ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Monopoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031566624     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00438-0     Document Type: Article

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