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of string theory in 4-dimensional Minkowski space-time.

There are several applications of the non-critical string. Through the [[AdS/CFT correspondence]] it provides a holographic description of gauge theories which are asymptotically free.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} It may then have applications to the study of the [[Quantum chromodynamics|QCD]], the theory of strong interactions between [[quarks]]. Another area of much research is two-dimensional string theory which provides simple toy models of [[string theory]]. There also exists a [[string duality|duality]] to the 3-dimensional [[Ising model]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}}

== The Critical Dimension and Central Charge ==