Solitons
by David Tong
Publisher: University of Cambridge 2005
Number of pages: 140
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These lectures cover aspects of solitons with focus on applications to the quantum dynamics of supersymmetric gauge theories and string theory. The lectures consist of four sections, each dealing with a different soliton.
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