Penrose limits, the colliding plane-wave problem and the classical string backgrounds

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5353-5360

  Feinstein, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 0036421341     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/21/304     Document Type: Article

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