Fractional and semi-local non-Abelian Chern-Simons vortices

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 840, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 160-185

  Gudnason, Sven Bjarke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 77955655387     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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