String theory on AdS orbifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 735-768

  Martinec, Emil J ^a   McElgin, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT and dS CFT Correspondence; Black Holes in String Theory; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Discrete and Finite Symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044500662     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/04/029     Document Type: Article

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