W symmetry in conformal field theory

Physics Reports

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 183-276

  Bouwknegt, Peter ^a   Schoutens, Kareljan ^b  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010795998     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0370-1573(93)90111-P     Document Type: Review

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