Conformal field theories in six-dimensional twistor space

@article{Mason2012ConformalFT,
  title={Conformal field theories in six-dimensional twistor space},
  author={Lionel Mason and Ronald A. Reid-Edwards and Arman Taghavi-Chabert},
  journal={Journal of Geometry and Physics},
  year={2012},
  volume={62},
  pages={2353-2375}
}
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