Domain wall junctions in supersymmetric field theories in D = 4

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 8 PART A, 2000, Pages 1-22

  Nam, Soonkeon ^a,b,c   Olsen, Kasper ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c APCTP Yoksam dong   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243933466     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/08/001     Document Type: Article

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