Stationary ring solitons in field theory - Knots and vortons

Physics Reports

Volumn 468, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 101-151

  Radu, Eugen ^a   Volkov, Mikhail S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Classical field theory; Gauge fields; Solitons; Vortices

Indexed keywords

EID: 54349086001     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2008.07.002     Document Type: Review

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