Anomalous reparameterizations and butterfly states in string field theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 649, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 101-129

  Schnabl, Martin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0037454557     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(02)01018-0     Document Type: Article

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