Brane probes, toric geometry, and closed string tachyons

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 648, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 497-522

  Sarkar, Tapobrata ^a  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

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EID: 0037433933     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(02)01022-2     Document Type: Article

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