Published May 21, 2002
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Journal article
Penrose limits and maximal supersymmetry
- 1. Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste (Italy)
- 2. Department of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
- 3. Department of Physics, Queen Mary, University of London (United Kingdom)
- 4. Department of Mathematics, King's College, London (United Kingdom)
Description
We show that the maximally supersymmetric pp-wave of IIB superstring and M-theories can be obtained as a Penrose limit of the supersymmetric AdSxS solutions. In addition, we find that in a certain large tension limit, the geometry seen by a brane probe in an AdSxS background is either Minkowski space or a maximally supersymmetric pp-wave. (letter to the editor)
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/19/L87/q210l1.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/19/L87/q210l1.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- PII
- S0264-9381(02)34241-2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 19
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. L87-L95
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34031508
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; MINKOWSKI SPACE; P WAVES; STRING MODELS; SUPERSYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; PARTIAL WAVES; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; SPACE; SYMMETRY