String webs and 1/4 BPS monopoles

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 536, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 149-174

  Bergman, Oren ^a   Kol, Barak ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032556611     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00565-3     Document Type: Article

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