Quantum gravity partition functions in three dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Maloneya, Alexander ^a   Wittenb, Edward ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Black holes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951537002     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2010)029     Document Type: Article

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