Conformai field theory of AdS background with Ramond-Ramond flux

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Berkovits, Nathan J ^a   Vafa, Cumrun ^b   Witten, Edward ^c  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Superspaces; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

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EID: 33646050035     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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