 Ramond level operator (source code)

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= Ramond level operator
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For integer transverse string modes, $N_R=\sum_{k>0}(\alpha_{-k}\cdot\alpha_k+k d_{-k}\cdot d_k)$ with vacuum-annihilating normal ordering. Each nonzero-mode creation operator raises the level by $k$; fermionic zero modes commute with it. The open-string mass condition is $M^2=2\pi TN_R$, with zero Ramond intercept.

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