Unitarity of rational N = 2 superconformal theories

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-85

  Eholzer, W ^a   Gaberdiel, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031475870     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02885672     Document Type: Article

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