Level truncation and the tachyon in open bosonic string field theory

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 583, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 105-144

  Moeller, Nicolas ^a   Taylor, Washington ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0038116751     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00293-5     Document Type: Article

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