Harmonic superspace, minimal unitary representations and quasiconformal groups

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Günaydin, Murat ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black holes in string theory; Extended supersymmetry; Supergravity models; Supersymmetry and duality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547556274     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/05/049     Document Type: Article

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