The closed string field theory action vanishes

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arxiv 2204.12863 v2 pith:23CM7PMF submitted 2022-04-27 hep-th

Theodore Erler This is my paper

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Using the dilaton theorem, we show that the classical action of closed string field theory vanishes on-shell.

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