Instantons on quivers and orientifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 821-843

  Fucito, Francesco ^a   Morales, José F ^b   Poghossian, Rubik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Nonperturbative Effects; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; Topological Field Theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044495199     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/10/037     Document Type: Article

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