Comments on condensates in non-supersymmetric orbifold field theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 441-450

  Tong, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonperturbative Effects; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

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EID: 23044478533     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/03/022     Document Type: Article

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