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Conformal blocks from vertex algebras and their connections on $\overline{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$

Chiara Damiolini, Angela Gibney and Nicola Tarasca

Geometry & Topology 25 (2021) 2235–2286

DOI: 10.2140/gt.2021.25.2235

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