Towards a non-abelian electric-magnetic symmetry: The skeleton group

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Kampmeijer, L ^a   Bais, F A ^a,b   Schroers, B J ^c   Slingerland, J K ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Confinement; Duality in gauge field theories; Gauge symmetry; Solitons monopoles and instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954984804     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2010)095     Document Type: Article

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