Large-N limits of 2d CFTs, quivers and AdS3 duals

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kiritsis, Elias ^a,b   Niarchos, Vasilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

AdS CFT correspondence; Chern Simons theories; Conformal and W Symmetry; Gauge gravity correspondence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053153927     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2011)113     Document Type: Article

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