Nonabelian superconductors: vortices and confinement in N=2 SQCD

@article{Auzzi2003NonabelianSV,
  title={Nonabelian superconductors: vortices and confinement in N=2 SQCD},
  author={Roberto Auzzi and Stefano Bolognesi and Jarah Evslin and Kenichi Konishi and Alexei V Yung},
  journal={Nuclear Physics},
  year={2003},
  volume={673},
  pages={187-216}
}
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