Characters of admissible representations of the affine superalgebra ŝl (2|1;ℂ)k

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 510, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 739-763

  Bowcock, P ^a   Hayes, M ^a   Taormina, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032567581     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00542-7     Document Type: Article

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