On discrete features of the wave equation in singular pp-wave backgrounds

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Evnin, Oleg ^a   Nguyen, Timothy ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL SOLVAY INSTITUTES   (Belgium)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Penrose limit and pp wave background; Spacetime singularities

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149359624     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/105     Document Type: Article

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