Some Properties of Open - String Theories

Abstract

Open-string theories may be related to suitable models of oriented closed strings. The resulting construction of ``open descendants'' is illustrated in a few simple cases that exhibit some of its key features.

Talk Presented at SUSY 95, Palaiseau, FRANCE, May 1995, 13 pages, LATEX, 7 uuencoded figures in separate file

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