On higher derivative terms in tachyon effective actions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1-18

  Lambert, Neil D ^a,b   Sachs, Ivo ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

D branes; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744536863     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/06/060     Document Type: Article

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