String propagators in time-dependent and time-independent homogeneous plane waves

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 157-172

  Ryang, Shijong ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bosonic Strings; Penrose limit and pp wave background

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044493485     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/11/007     Document Type: Article

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