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Superstring theory has a rich spectrum of solitonic states, and over the last years much has been learned about their important roles in the theory, in strong-weak coupling duality and in resolving singularities [1]. The most important are the BPS states (those in reduced multiplets of supersymmetry) as one can make exact statements about them even at strong coupling, and thus dualities can predict their existence. Many dualities exchange elementary string states with states having Ramond-Ramond gauge charge, which strongly suggests that the two should be considered equally fundamental.
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Douglas, M.R. (1999). Branes within Branes. In: Baulieu, L., Di Francesco, P., Douglas, M., Kazakov, V., Picco, M., Windey, P. (eds) Strings, Branes and Dualities. NATO ASI Series, vol 520. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4730-9_10
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