Vortices, instantons and branes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 871-898

  Hanany, Amihay ^a   Tong, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144445259     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/07/037     Document Type: Article

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