Fermionic zero modes of supergravity cosmic strings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Brax, Philippe ^a   Van De Bruck, Carsten ^b   Davis, Anne Christine ^c   Davis, Stephen C ^d  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; String theory and cosmic strings; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745760074     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/06/030     Document Type: Article

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