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String Field Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2012

Michael B. Green ,
John H. Schwarz  and
Edward Witten
Michael B. Green
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
John H. Schwarz
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology
Edward Witten
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey
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Superstring Theory
25th Anniversary Edition
 , pp. 586 - 590
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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