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String Field Theory

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The Superworld II

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An introductory review of bosonic string field theory is given.

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    Taichiro Kugo

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    Antonino Zichichi

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Kugo, T. (1990). String Field Theory. In: Zichichi, A. (eds) The Superworld II. The Subnuclear Series, vol 25. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7467-1_6

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