Closed and open conformal field theories and their anomalies

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 221-253

  Hu, Po ^a   Kriz, Igor ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 12944291376     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-004-1202-8     Document Type: Article

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