Nahm’s equations, n = 1∗ domain walls, and d-strings in ads5 ×s5

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1-27

  Bachas, Constantin ^a   Hoppe, Jens ^b   Pioline, Boris ^c  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondance; Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744733405     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/07/041     Document Type: Article

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