The WZNW model on PSU(1,1|2)

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Götz, Gerhard ^a   Quella, Thomas ^b,c   Schomerus, Volker ^a,d  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal and W symmetry; Conformal field models in string theory; Space time symmetries; Superspaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947613681     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/03/003     Document Type: Article

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