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Remarks on Topological String Theories

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Quantum Field Theory and String Theory

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We discuss various issues in topological string theory. These include the relation between world sheet and target space topology and the emergence of a rigid metric and signature in a 2-d topological theory of induced gravity. This is a consequence of a vacuum choice.

Work supported in part by the Israel Research foundation and the American-Israel Bi National Science foundation.

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  1. University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    E. Rabinovici

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  1. Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France

    Laurent Baulieu , Vladimir Dotsenko  & Paul Windey ,  & 

  2. Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) and École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

    Vladimir Kazakov

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Rabinovici, E. (1995). Remarks on Topological String Theories. In: Baulieu, L., Dotsenko, V., Kazakov, V., Windey, P. (eds) Quantum Field Theory and String Theory. NATO ASI Series, vol 328. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1819-8_20

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