The BPS spectra of gauge theories in two and four dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Dorey, Nicholas ^a,d   Hollowood, Timothy J ^b   Tong, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; Supersymmetry and Duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646057338     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/05/006     Document Type: Article

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