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   • CommentTimeAug 22nd 2012
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   Format: MarkdownItexin the entry _[[string]]_ I have started adding _[References on symplectic geometry and geometric quantization](http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/string#ReferencesSymplecticGeometryAndGeometricQuantization)_ of the string [[sigma-model]]

   in the entry string I have started adding References on symplectic geometry and geometric quantization of the string sigma-model

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   • CommentTimeDec 20th 2022
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded a paragraph on the motivation/application of strings as flux tubes in confined QCD, and pointer to its original proposal in: * [[Alexander Polyakov]], *String Theory and Quark Confinement*, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. **68** (1998) 1-8 &lbrack;[arXiv:hep-th/9711002](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9711002), <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/S0920-5632(98)00135-2">doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(98)00135-2</a>&rbrack; * [[Alexander Polyakov]], *The wall of the cave*, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A **14** (1999) 645-658 &lbrack;[arXiv:hep-th/9809057](https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9809057), [doi:10.1142/S0217751X99000324](https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X99000324)&rbrack; <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/string/30">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/string/30">v30</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/string">current</a>

   added a paragraph on the motivation/application of strings as flux tubes in confined QCD, and pointer to its original proposal in:

   • Alexander Polyakov, String Theory and Quark Confinement, Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 68 (1998) 1-8 [arXiv:hep-th/9711002, doi:10.1016/S0920-5632(98)00135-2]

   • Alexander Polyakov, The wall of the cave, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 14 (1999) 645-658 [arXiv:hep-th/9809057, doi:10.1142/S0217751X99000324]

   diff, v30, current