Stability and BPS branes
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چکیده
We define the concept of Π-stability, a generalization of µ-stability of vector bundles, and argue that it characterizes N = 1 supersymmetric brane configurations and BPS states in very general string theory compactifications with N = 2 supersymmetry in four dimensions. February 2000
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