M-theory lift of brane-antibrane systems and localised closed string tachyons

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1103-1120

  Rabadán, Raúl ^a   Simón, Joan ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

D branes; M Theory; String Duality; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044511378     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/05/045     Document Type: Article

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