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Open Strings and their Symmetry Groups

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The last three years have seen a large amount of progress in String Theory [1], and the subject itself has undergone a change of scope. This is well reflected in the content of the talks that have preceded this one.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma II, “Tor Vergata” Via Orazio Raimondo, 00173, Roma, Italy

    Augusto Sagnotti

  2. INFN, Sezione di Roma, Italy

    Augusto Sagnotti

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  1. University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    G. ’t Hooft

  2. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

    A. Jaffe

  3. University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

    G. Mack

  4. University of Paris VI, Paris, France

    P. K. Mitter

  5. LAPP, Annecy-le-Vieux, France

    R. Stora

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Sagnotti, A. (1988). Open Strings and their Symmetry Groups. In: ’t Hooft, G., Jaffe, A., Mack, G., Mitter, P.K., Stora, R. (eds) Nonperturbative Quantum Field Theory. Nato Science Series B:, vol 185. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0729-7_23

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