Type IIB tensionless superstrings in a pp-wave background

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1269-1285

  Bredthauer, Andreas ^a   Lindström, Ulf ^a,b   Persson, Jonas ^a   Wulff, Linus ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HELSINKI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Finland)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Penrose limit and pp wave background; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044481883     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/02/051     Document Type: Article

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