A class of exact pp-wave string models with interacting light-cone gauge actions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 695-720

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

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

^b Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Penrose limit and pp wave background; Superstring Vacua; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044445150     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/09/035     Document Type: Article

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