Self-dual strings and stability of BPS states in N = 2 SU(2) gauge theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 488, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 199-222

  Brandhuber, A ^a,b   Stieberger, S ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ale space; BPS states; N = 2 supersymmetric field theory; Seiberg witten; Self dual strings; Vanishing two cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031575701     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00656-6     Document Type: Article

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