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Effects of D-instantons

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1997 · 333 citations · 38 references

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Abstract

A D-instanton is a space-time event associated with world-sheet boundaries that contributes non-perturbative effects of order e −const/κ to closed-string amplitudes. Some properties of a gas of D-instantons are discussed in this paper.

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