Quantum energy inequalities in two-dimensional conformal field theory

Reviews in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 577-612

  Fewster, Christopher J ^a,b,c   Hollands, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal field theory; Energy inequalities; Quantum field theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 22344443806     PISSN: 0129055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X05002406     Document Type: Article

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