N = 4 superconformal characters and partition functions

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 767, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-226

  Bianchi, M ^a   Dolan, F A ^b   Heslop, P J ^b   Osborn, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Characters; N = 4 quantum field theory; Partition functions; Superconformal symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847253512     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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