tt* Geometry and closed string tachyon potential

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-204

  Dabholkar, Atish ^a,b   Vafa, Cumrun ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Black Holes in String Theory; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

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EID: 23044516962     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/02/008     Document Type: Article

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