Superstring vacua of 4-dimensional PP-waves with enhanced supersymmetry

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1521-1555

  Hikida, Yasuaki ^a   Sugawara, Yuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Penrose limit and pp wave background; Superstring Vacua

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EID: 23044476509     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/10/067     Document Type: Article

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