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Unification of the General Non-Linear Sigma Model and the Virasoro Master Equation

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  1. Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, 366 Le Conte Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720-7300, USA

    J. de Boer

  2. Theoretical Physics Group, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Mail Stop 50A-5101, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    M. B. Halpern

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  2. Jagellonian University, Cracow, Poland

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de Boer, J., Halpern, M.B. (2002). Unification of the General Non-Linear Sigma Model and the Virasoro Master Equation. In: Damgaard, P.H., Jurkiewicz, J. (eds) New Developments in Quantum Field Theory. NATO Science Series: B:, vol 366. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47075-6_6

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