English

Strings and branes in plane waves

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

An overview of string theory in the maximally supersymmetric plane-wave background is given, and some supersymmetric D-branes are discussed.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0401027,
  title  = {Strings and branes in plane waves},
  author = {Matthias R Gaberdiel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0401027},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

12 pages, LateX, needs fortschritte.sty; to appear in the proceedings of the 36th International Symposium Ahrenshoop on the Theory of Elementary Particles: Recent Developments in String/M-Theory and Field Theory, Berlin, Germany, 26-30 Aug 2003