The definition of Neveu-Schwarz superconformal fields and uncharged superconformal transformations

Reviews in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-169

  Dörrzapf, Matthias ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X99000064     Document Type: Article

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