Strings between branes

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 971-1002

  Hashimoto, Koji ^a   Taylor, Washington ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; M(atrix) Theories; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044481548     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/10/040     Document Type: Review

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