Stable skyrmions from extra dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Pomarol, Alex ^a   Wulzer, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Field theories in higher dimensions; Large extra dimensions; Sigma models; Solitons monopoles and instantons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886871441     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/03/051     Document Type: Review

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