Dynamical vacuum selection in string theory

@article{Kutasov2009DynamicalVS,
  title={Dynamical vacuum selection in string theory},
  author={David Kutasov and Oleg Lunin and Jock McOrist and Andrew B. Royston},
  journal={Nuclear Physics},
  year={2009},
  volume={833},
  pages={64-95}
}
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