(Anti-)instantons and the Atiyah-Hitchin manifold

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 7 PART A, 2000, Pages

  Hanany, Amihay ^a   Pioline, Boris ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LPTHE   (France)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 4244095658     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/07/001     Document Type: Article

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