Boundary state description of tachyon condensation

Boundary conditions, fusion rules and the Verlinde formula

John Cardy · Nuclear Physics B · 1989 · 1.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +15

The conformal field theory of orbifolds

Lance J. Dixon, Daniel Friedan, Emil J. Martinec et al. · Nuclear Physics B · 1987 · 1K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +12

D-branes and K-theory

Edward Witten · Journal of High Energy Physics · 1998 · 927 citations · Full text

Tachyon condensation on the brane antibrane system

Ashoke Sen · Journal of High Energy Physics · 1998 · 717 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +11

Consistency of open superstring theories

Joseph Polchinski, Yunhai Cai · Nuclear Physics B · 1988 · 478 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +9