Effective tachyon dynamics in superstring theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Minahan, Joseph A ^a   Zwiebach, Barton ^b  

^a Box 803 ^*  (Sweden)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

D branes; Nonperturbative Effects; Solitons Monopoles and Instantons; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744946325     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/03/038     Document Type: Article

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