Four Lectures on Closed String Field Theory

Abstract

The following notes derive from review lectures on closed string field theory given at the Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics in March 2019.

arXiv commentv3: 54 pages, 19 figures. Redrawn figures with increased resolution; new appendix; other improvements as requested by referee

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