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Tachyon solution in a cubic Neveu-Schwarz string field theory

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We find a class of analytic solutions in a modified cubic theory of fermionic strings that includes the GSO(−) sector. This class contains a solution that involves a tachyon field from the GSO(−) sector and reproduces the correct value of the non-BPS D-brane tension.

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  1. Steklov Mathematical Institute, RAS, Moscow, Russia

    I. Ya. Arefeva & P. V. Gorbachev

  2. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, Russia

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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 158, No. 3, pp. 378–390, March, 2009.

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Arefeva, I.Y., Gorbachev, P.V. & Medvedev, P.B. Tachyon solution in a cubic Neveu-Schwarz string field theory. Theor Math Phys 158, 320–332 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11232-009-0026-2

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