BPS spectrum of 5 dimensional field theories, (p,q) webs and curve counting

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 1998, Pages

  Kol, Barak ^a   Rahmfeld, Joachim ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; M Theory; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645896444     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1998/08/006     Document Type: Article

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