Hidden superconformal symmetry in M-theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 8 PART A, 2000, Pages 8-20

  West, Peter ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Supergravity Models; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242292526     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/08/007     Document Type: Article

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