Solving open string field theory with special projectors

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Rastelli, Leonardo ^a   Zwiebach, Barton ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosonic strings; D branes; String field theory; Tachyon condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949097403     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/01/020     Document Type: Article

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