Chiral symmetry breaking as open string tachyon condensation

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 787, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 98-134

  Casero, Roberto ^a   Kiritsis, Elias ^a,b   Paredes, Ángel ^a  

^a CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chiral symmetry breaking; Gauge gravity correspondence; QCD; Tachyon condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35248898234     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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