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  1. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Olden Lane, Princeton, NJ, 08540

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Nappi, C.R. (2002). Quantized Membranes. In: Kursunoglu, B.N., Mintz, S.L., Perlmutter, A. (eds) Confluence of Cosmology, Massive Neutrinos, Elementary Particles, and Gravitation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47094-2_18

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