Non-critical Poincaré invariant bosonic string backgrounds and closed string tachyons

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 600, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 185-196

  Álvarez, Enrique ^a   Gómez, César ^a   Hernández, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 18044399599     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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