Penrose limits and maximal supersymmetry

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Blau, Matthias ^a   Figueroa O'Farrill, José ^b   Hull, Christopher ^d   Papadopoulos, George ^c  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

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EID: 0002923108     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/10/101     Document Type: Article

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