Non-reductive WZW models and their CFTs (II). N = 1 and N = 2 cosets

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 484, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 583-608

  Figueroa O'Farrill, José M ^a   Stanciu, Sonia ^b,c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kazama Suzuki models; Self dual Lie algebras; Superconformal field theories; Superstring backgrounds; Supersymmetric WZW models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031587660     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(96)00650-5     Document Type: Article

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