Closed string tachyons in non-supersymmetric heterotic theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Suyama, Takao ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

M Theory; String Duality; Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745024767     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/08/037     Document Type: Article

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