Flow of geometries and instantons on the null orbifold

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 12, 2005, Pages 347-376

  Berkooz, Micha ^a   Komargodski, Zohar ^a   Reichmann, Dori ^a   Shpitalnik, Vadim ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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Black Holes in String Theory; Tachyon Condensation

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EID: 33645500214     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/12/018     Document Type: Article

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