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We determine the reality conditions on the string fields that make the action for heterotic and type II string field theories real.
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Sen, A. Reality of superstring field theory action. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 14 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2016)014
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