A class of theories that attempt to explain all existing particles (including force carriers) as vibrational modes of one-dimensional objects.
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Is there an open oriented superstring?
Type I superstring theory is unoriented, and it seems that it needs to be so in order to exist.
Now, we always have open-closed duality, that connects at least the ultraviolet sector of a theory ...