Tachyon condensation in superstring field theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 587, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 147-178

  Berkovits, Nathan ^a   Sen, Ashoke ^b   Zwiebach, Barton ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000487877     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00501-0     Document Type: Article

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