Hitchin's equations and integrability of BPS Z N strings in Yang-Mills theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Kneipp, Marco A C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

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Integrable equations in physics; Integrable hierarchies

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EID: 84856399277     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/11/049     Document Type: Article

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