Quantum Liouville theory in the background field formalism I. Compact Riemann surfaces

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 268, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-197

  Takhtajan, Leon A ^a   Teo, Lee Peng ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

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EID: 33749411607     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-006-0091-4     Document Type: Article

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