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AdS pp-waves

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v3

Abstract

We obtain the pp-waves of D=5 and D=4 gauged supergravities supported by U(1)3U(1)^3 and U(1)4U(1)^4 gauge field strengths respectively. We show that generically these solutions preserve 1/4 of the supersymmetry, but supernumerary supersymmetry can arise for appropriately constrained harmonic functions associated with the pp-waves. In particular it implies that the solutions are independent of the light-cone coordinate x+x^+. We also obtain the pp-waves in the Freedman-Schwarz model.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0501213,
  title  = {AdS pp-waves},
  author = {Johannes Kerimo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0501213},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Latex, 19 pages, minor changes, to appear in JHEP