Brane decay and death of open strings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1151-1167

  Hashimoto, Koji ^a   Terashima, Seiji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; String Field Theory; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144468050     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/06/048     Document Type: Article

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