Monopoles in string theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 1999, Pages

  Hanany, Amihay ^a,b   Zaffaroni, Alberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646067142     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/12/014     Document Type: Article

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