The no-ghost theorem for AdS3 and the stringy exclusion principle

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 535, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 152-170

  Evans, Jonathan M ^a   Gaberdiel, Matthias R ^a   Perry, Malcolm J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032494955     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00561-6     Document Type: Article

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