Monopoles can be confined by 0, 1 or 2 vortices

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1157-1193

  Auzzi, Roberto ^a   Bolognesi, Stefano ^b   Evslin, Jarah ^c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c INTERNATIONAL SOLVAY INSTITUTES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 27344454508     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/02/046     Document Type: Article

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