Kac-Moody and Virasoro symmetries of principal chiral sigma models

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 826, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-86

  Lu H ^a,b   Perry, M J ^c   Pope, C N ^a,c   Sezgin, E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 71649100127     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2009.09.030     Document Type: Article

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