Exact description of D-branes via tachyon condensation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-277

  Asakawa, Tsuguhiko ^a   Sugimoto, Shigeki ^b   Terashima, Seiji ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

D branes; M(atrix) Theories; Non Commutative Geometry; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044481154     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/02/011     Document Type: Article

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