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We construct a gauge invariant action for the Neveu-Schwarz and Ramond sectors of open superstring field theory realizing a cyclic A ∞ structure, providing the first complete and fully explicit solution to the classical Batalin-Vilkovisky master equation in superstring field theory. We also demonstrate the equivalence of our action to the Wess-Zumino-Witten-based construction of Kunitomo and one of the authors.
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Erler, T., Okawa, Y. & Takezaki, T. Complete action for open superstring field theory with cyclic A ∞ structure. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 12 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2016)012
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