Evolution of D-branes under closed string tachyon condensation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 206-252

  Minwalla, Shiraz ^a   Takayanagi, Tadashi ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; D branes; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144444604     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/09/011     Document Type: Article

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