Multi-pronged strings and BPS saturated solutions in SU(N) supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 535, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 83-115

  Hashimoto, Koji ^a   Hata, Hiroyuki ^a   Sasakura, Naoki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

D brane; Dyon; Monopole; String junction; Supersymmetry; Yang mills

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032494942     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00585-9     Document Type: Article

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