Random walks and the Hagedorn transition

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Kruczenski, Martin ^a,b   Lawrence, Albion ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT Correspondence; Black Holes in String Theory; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748767929     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/07/031     Document Type: Article

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