Tachyon condensation in string field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Sen, Ashoke ^a   Zwiebach, Barton ^b  

^a HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; D branes

Indexed keywords

EID: 6444223385     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/03/002     Document Type: Article

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