Closed string tachyons and RG flows

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1175-1184

  Suyama, Takao ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

Renormalization Group; Sigma Models; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044505198     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/10/051     Document Type: Article

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