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hep-th2004★ 50 cited
A Geometric Interpretation of the Open String Tachyon
D. Kutasov
Unstable, non-BPS D-branes in weakly coupled ten dimensional string theory have many mysterious properties. Among other things, it is not clear what sets their tension, what is the…
hep-th2004★ 74 cited
D-Brane Dynamics Near NS5-Branes
D. Kutasov
We use the Dirac-Born-Infeld action to study the real time dynamics of a -brane propagating in the vicinity of -branes. This problem is closely related to tachyon condensa…