The final fate of the rolling tachyon

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Lee, Taejin ^a,b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

D branes; Tachyon Condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846244270     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/11/056     Document Type: Review

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