G/H M-branes and AdSp+2 geometries

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 527, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 142-170

  Castellani, Leonardo ^e   Ceresole, Anna ^a   D'Auria, Riccardo ^a   Ferrara, Sergio ^b   Fré, Pietro ^c   Trigiante, Mario ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

AdS; Algebras; Branes; Solvable

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032584896     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00304-6     Document Type: Article

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