Open string states and D-brane tension from vacuum string field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 93-140

  Okawa, Yuji ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; String Field Theory; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044488760     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/003     Document Type: Review

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