Experimental string field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1119-1150

  Gaiotto, Davide ^a   Rastelli, Leonardo ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; D branes; String Field Theory; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044445323     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/08/048     Document Type: Article

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