The operator algebra and twisted kz equations of wzw orbifolds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1-70

  Boer, Jan de ^a   Halpern, Martin B ^b   A obers, Niels ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformal and W Symmetry; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Discrete and Finite Symmetries

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744459260     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/10/011     Document Type: Article

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