BPS states of D = 4 N = 1 supersymmetry

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 431-459

  Gauntlett, Jerome P ^a   Gibbons, Gary W ^b,c,e   Hull, Christopher M ^a,d   Townsend, Paul K ^e  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 18044366579     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200000341     Document Type: Article

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