On tadpoles and vacuum redefinitions in string theory

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2004.11.028zbMath1160.81443arXivhep-th/0410101OpenAlexW2094562296MaRDI QIDQ874612

Marco Nicolosi, Emilian Dudas, Gianfranco Pradisi, Augusto Sagnotti

Publication date: 10 April 2007

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0410101

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40)

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