Strings of opposite magnetic charges in a gauge field theory

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 455, Issue 1982, 1999, Pages 601-629

  Yang, Yisong ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cosmic strings; gauge field theory; quantization of energy; sigma model; topological degree; vortices

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442540746     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0326     Document Type: Article

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