Tadpoles and closed string backgrounds in open string field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1383-1431

  Ellwood, Ian ^a   Shelton, Jessie ^a   Taylor, Washington ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; BRST Symmetry; D branes; String Field Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044466954     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/07/059     Document Type: Article

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