The universality of Penrose limits near space-time singularities

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1685-1716

  Blau, Matthias ^a   Borunda, Monica ^b,c   O'Loughlin, Martin ^b   Papadopoulos, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black Holes in String Theory; Classical Theories of Gravity; Penrose limit and pp wave background

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044510814     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/07/068     Document Type: Article

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