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arxiv: 1312.2948 · v2 · pith:JU37GXHVnew · submitted 2013-12-10 · ✦ hep-th · math-ph· math.MP

Resolving Witten's Superstring Field Theory

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keywords fieldsuperstringtheorywittenchangingclassicalconstructioncontour
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We regulate Witten's open superstring field theory by replacing the picture-changing insertion at the midpoint with a contour integral of picture changing insertions over the half-string overlaps of the cubic vertex. The resulting product between string fields is non-associative, but we provide a solution to the $A_\infty$ relations defining all higher vertices. The result is an explicit covariant superstring field theory which by construction satisfies the classical BV master equation.

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