Vacuum string field theory without matter-ghost factorization

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 6, 2005, Pages 719-749

  Drukker, Nadav ^a   Okawa, Yuji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; String Field Theory; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144490536     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/06/032     Document Type: Article

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