Exact wall solutions in 5-dimensional SUSY QED at finite coupling

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1373-1401

  Isozumi, Youichi ^a   Ohashi, Keisuke ^a   Sakai, Norisuke ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extended Supersymmetry; Extra Large Dimensions; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044450165     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/11/060     Document Type: Article

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