Tachyon condensation and universality of DBI action

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages

  Arutyunov, Gleb ^a,c   Theisen, Stefan ^a   Frolov, Sergey ^b,c   Tseytlin, Arkady A ^b,d,e  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STEKLOV MATHEMATICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

D branes; Sigma Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744842567     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/02/002     Document Type: Article

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