Eikonal approximation in AdS/CFT: From shock waves to four-point functions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2007, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Cornalba, Lorenzo ^a   Costa, Miguel S ^b,c   Penedones, João ^b,c   Schiappa, Ricardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ads CFT correspondence; Gauge gravity correspondence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953260056     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2007/08/019     Document Type: Article

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