Magnetic monopoles in 4D: A perturbative calculation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3711-3727

  Khvedelidze, Arsen ^a,b   McMullan, David ^b   Kovner, Alex ^c  

^a A RAZMADZE MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Georgia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Confinement; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645501546     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/01/145     Document Type: Article

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