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In this article, we prove the classification theorem of the unitarizable highest weight modules over the N = 2 super Virasoro algebras for the untwisted sector, stated by Boucher et al. (Phys Lett B 172:316–322, 1986).
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Iohara, K. Unitarizable Highest Weight Modules of the N = 2 Super Virasoro Algebras: Untwisted Sectors. Lett Math Phys 91, 289–305 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11005-010-0375-7
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