1/2, 1/4 and 1/8 BPS equations in SUSY Yang-Mills-Higgs systems: Field theoretical brane configurations

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 752, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 140-172

  Eto, Minoru ^a   Isozumi, Youichi ^a   Nitta, Muneto ^a   Ohashi, Keisuke ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 33746840122     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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