M-theory on the Stiefel manifold and 3d conformal field theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1-29

  Ceresole, Anna ^a,b,d   Dall'Agata, Gianguido ^b,c   D'Auria, Riccardo ^a,b,d   Ferrara, Sergio ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; M Theory; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 6444236623     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2000/03/011     Document Type: Article

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