Twisted tachyon condensation in closed string field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1293-1328

  Okawa, Yuji ^a   Zwiebach, Barton ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; String Field Theory; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044478562     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/03/056     Document Type: Article

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