Superconformal symmetry and maximal supergravity in various dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2012, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Chiodaroli, Marco ^a,b   Günaydin, Murat ^a,b   Roiban, Radu ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformal and W Symmetry; Extended Supersymmetry; Supergravity Models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859608329     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2012)093     Document Type: Article

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