Holomorphic Chern-Simons-Witten theory: From 2D to 4D conformal field theories

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 550, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 585-621

  Popov, A D ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conformal theories; Moduli spaces; Symmetries

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EID: 0033591573     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(99)00227-8     Document Type: Article

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