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We analyze the free ambitwistor string field theory action for the bosonic string, heterotic string and both GSO sectors of the Type II string. The spectrum contains non-unitary states and provides an interesting consistency test for one-loop ambitwistor string computations.
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Berkovits, N., Lize, M. Field theory actions for ambitwistor string and superstring. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 97 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2018)097
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