N = 2 sigma models for Ramond-Ramond backgrounds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1605-1621

  Berkovits, Nathan ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Penrose limit and pp wave background; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

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EID: 23044476508     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/10/071     Document Type: Article

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