A universal inequality for CFT and quantum gravity

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Hellerman, Simeon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conformal and W Symmetry; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Models of Quantum Gravity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053106069     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP08(2011)130     Document Type: Article

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