A perturbative analysis of tachyon condensation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 621-629

  Taylor, Washington ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; D branes; Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044435401     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/03/029     Document Type: Article

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