Stacking non-BPS D-Branes
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چکیده
We present a candidate supergravity solution for a stacked configuration of stable non-BPS D-branes in Type II string theory compactified on T /Z2. This gives a supergravity description of nonabelian tachyon condensation on the brane worldvolume. BROWN-HET-1263 IC/2001/27
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