Introduction to the Maldacena conjecture on AdS/CFT

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3597-3672

  Petersen, Jens Lyng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0000316880     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X99001676     Document Type: Article

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