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Exotic universal solutions in cubic superstring field theory

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We present a class of analytic solutions of cubic superstring field theory in the universal sector on a non-BPS D-brane. Computation of the action and gauge invariant overlap reveal that the solutions carry half the tension of a non-BPS D-brane. However, the solutions do not satisfy the reality condition. In fact, they display an intriguing topological structure: We find evidence that conjugation of the solutions is equivalent to a gauge transformation that cannot be continuously deformed to the identity.

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Erler, T. Exotic universal solutions in cubic superstring field theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 107 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2011)107

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