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The limit of N = (2, 2) superconformal minimal models

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The limit of families of two-dimensional conformal field theories has recently attracted attention in the context of AdS/CFT dualities. In our work we analyse the limit of N = (2, 2) superconformal minimal models when the central charge approaches c = 3. The limiting theory is a non-rational N = (2, 2) superconformal theory, in which there is a continuum of chiral primary fields. We determine the spectrum of the theory, the three-point functions on the sphere, and the disc one-point functions.

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    Stefan Fredenhagen, Cosimo Restuccia & Rui Sun

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Fredenhagen, S., Restuccia, C. & Sun, R. The limit of N = (2, 2) superconformal minimal models. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 141 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2012)141

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