Do superstrings exist in two states of spin?

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As you could probably tell, my question is whether or not a superstring could exist with two different types of spin, if they have a spin at all?
 
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Do superstrings exist? Firstly you must decide is "string theory" is a model vs. a supposition about reality. Second you must determine if such a supposition about reality is operationally meaningful. But all such philosophical qualifications aside...

Yes strings can have spin and the "super" in "super-string" unifies integer and half-integer spin within the ... "model"? ..."theory"?

One way to invoke intrinsic spin in a string is to allow the quantized vibrational excitation correspond to a wave traveling around the loop of a closed string. This traveling vibration will carry a momentum and thus an angular momentum about the string's loop. Higher energy excitations will thus carry higher integer units of angular momentum.
 
Orbb said:
So what about the spin of open strings?

thats what i thought thanks.
but ya... what about open strings if they exist?