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D-instantons are responsible for several important nonperturbative effects in superstring theory.
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Gutperle, M. (1999). Aspects of D-Instantons. In: Baulieu, L., Di Francesco, P., Douglas, M., Kazakov, V., Picco, M., Windey, P. (eds) Strings, Branes and Dualities. NATO ASI Series, vol 520. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4730-9_17
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