Plane gravitational waves in string theory

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(94)90147-3zbMath0990.81643arXivhep-th/9403191OpenAlexW3102142626WikidataQ125796877 ScholiaQ125796877MaRDI QIDQ1967464

Niels A. Obers, Ignatios Antoniadis

Publication date: 6 March 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9403191

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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