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It appears that the formulation of an action for the Ramond sector of open superstring field theory requires to either restrict the Hilbert space for the Ramond sector or to introduce auxiliary fields with picture −3/2. The purpose of this note is to clarify the relation of the restricted Hilbert space with other approaches and to formulate open superstring field theory entirely in the small Hilbert space.
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Konopka, S., Sachs, I. Open superstring field theory on the restricted Hilbert space. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 164 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2016)164
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