Matrix model eigenvalue integrals and twist fields in the su(2)-WZW model

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2595-2629

  Gaberdiel, Matthias R ^a   Klemm, Albrecht ^b   Runkel, Ingo ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 N Expansion; 2D Gravity; Conformal and W Symmetry; Matrix Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 27544433008     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/10/107     Document Type: Article

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