DLCQ and plane wave matrix Big Bang models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Blau, Matthias ^a   O'Loughlin, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

M(atrix) Theories; Penrose limit and pp wave background; Spacetime singularities

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149280603     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/097     Document Type: Article

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