Extended SL(2,ℝ)/U(1) characters, or modular properties of a simple non-rational conformal field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 963-987

  Israël, Dan ^a   Pakman, Ari ^a,b   Troost, Jan ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Black Holes in String Theory; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Extended Supersymmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144453042     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/04/043     Document Type: Article

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