Stable vs. unstable vortices in SQCD

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 3, 2006, Pages 539-564

  Bolognesi, Stefano ^a,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; Confinement; Extended Supersymmetry; M Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645676342     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/03/023     Document Type: Article

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