Conformal field theory and elliptic cohomology

Advances in Mathematics

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 325-412

  Hu, P ^a   Kriz, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal field theory; Elliptic cohomology; Monstrous Moonshine; Vertex operator algebra

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344651535     PISSN: 00018708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aim.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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