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String field theory: From high energy to cosmology

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We review recent achievements and open questions in string field theory. We comment on the history of the construction of the covariant gauge-invariant string field formulation and briefly consider possible applications of string field theory in D-brane physics and cosmology.

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Aref’eva, I.Y. String field theory: From high energy to cosmology. Theor Math Phys 163, 697–704 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11232-010-0052-0

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