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We argue that the leading weak coupling nonperturbative effects in closed string theories should be of order exp(— C/κ) where κ 2 is the closed string coupling constant. This is the case in the exactly soluble matrix models. These effects are in principle much larger than the exp(—C/κ 2 ) effects typical of the low energy field theory. We argue that this behavior should be generic in string theory because string perturbation theory generically behaves like (2g)! at genus g.
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Shenker, S.H. (1991). The Strength of Nonperturbative Effects in String Theory. In: Alvarez, O., Marinari, E., Windey, P. (eds) Random Surfaces and Quantum Gravity. NATO ASI Series, vol 262. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3772-4_12
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