Penrose limits of Lie Branes and a Nappi-Witten braneworld

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 589-609

  Stanciu, Sonia ^a   Figueroa O'Farrill, José ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

D branes; Penrose limit and pp wave background

Indexed keywords

EID: 23144447651     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2003/06/025     Document Type: Article

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