Strings in plane wave backgrounds
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-10 v2
Abstract
I review aspects of string theory on plane wave backgrounds emphasising the connection to gauge theory given by the BMN correspondence. Topics covered include the Penrose limit and its role in deriving the BMN duality from AdS/CFT, light-cone string field theory in the maximally supersymmetric plane wave and extensions of the correspondence to less supersymmetric backgrounds.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0307027,
title = {Strings in plane wave backgrounds},
author = {A. Pankiewicz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0307027},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
85 pages, based on PhD thesis, Humboldt University, Berlin; v2: added references