On the unitarity of gauged non-compact WZNW strings

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.11.027zbMath1234.81106arXiv0710.1050OpenAlexW2018473782MaRDI QIDQ952328

Jonas Björnsson, Stephen C. Hwang

Publication date: 12 November 2008

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.1050

zbMATH Keywords

Hermitian symmetric spacesCFTnon-compact backgroundsno ghost theoremWZNW-model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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