Open strings in relativistic ion traps

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 747-790

  Durin, Bruno ^a   Pioline, Boris ^a  

^a LPTHE   (France)

Author keywords

D branes; Penrose limit and pp wave background; Superstring Vacua; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044444430     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/05/035     Document Type: Article

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