Tachyon condensation for intersecting branes at small and large angles

Fortschritte der Physik

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 367-387

  Epple, Friedel ^a   Lüst, Dieter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Higgs effect; Intersecting D branes; String theory; Tachyon condensation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344688436     PISSN: 00158208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prop.200310126     Document Type: Review

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