Proof of vanishing cohomology at the tachyon vacuum

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Ellwood, Ian ^a   Schnabl, Martin ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

D branes; String field theory; Tachyon condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947676849     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/02/096     Document Type: Article

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