Exact potential and scattering amplitudes from the tachyon non-linear β-function

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 683-712

  Coletti, Erasmo ^a   Forini, Valentina ^b   Nardelli, Giuseppe ^b   Grignani, Gianluca ^c   Orselli, Marta ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

String Field Theory; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144471359     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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