Open strings

Physics Report

Volumn 371, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-150

  Angelantonj, C ^a   Sagnotti, A ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0370-1573(02)00273-9     Document Type: Review

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