Superconducting non-Abelian vortices in Weinberg-Salam theory - electroweak thunderbolts

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 826, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 174-216

  Garaud, Julien ^a   Volkov, Mikhail S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

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EID: 71649107591     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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