BPS states and minimal surfaces

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 533, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 243-274

  Mikhailov, A ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Hyper K hler manifolds; Low energy effective theory; Membranes; Supergravity; Supersymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032538744     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00524-0     Document Type: Article

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