On solvable models of type-IIB superstring in NS-NS and R-R plane wave backgrounds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 455-486

  Russo, Jorge G ^a   Tseytlin, Arkady A ^b,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AdS CFT and dS CFT Correspondence; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Superstring Vacua

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242285878     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/04/021     Document Type: Article

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