Classical solutions in string field theory around the tachyon vacuum

Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-33

  Rastelli, Leonardo ^a   Sen, Ashoke ^b   Zwiebach, Barton ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79551490558     PISSN: 10950761     EISSN: 10950753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/atmp.2001.v5.n2.a6     Document Type: Article

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