Topologically massive gravity at the chiral point is not unitary

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Giribet, G ^a   Kleban, M ^b   Porrati, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Models of quantum gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149290042     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/045     Document Type: Article

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