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Review of modern string theory

  • Proceedings of the 10th International Moscow School of Physics (35th ITEP Winter School of Physics) Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics Moscow, Russia February 12–18, 2007 Elementary Particles and Fields
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A brief introduction to the modern state of string theory is given.

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Original Russian Text © E.T. Akhmedov, 2009, published in Yadernaya Fizika, 2009, Vol. 72, No. 9, pp. 1628–1655.

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Akhmedov, E.T. Review of modern string theory. Phys. Atom. Nuclei 72, 1574–1600 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106377880909021X

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