## 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, lightβcone string field theory in the maximally supersy
Pulsating strings in Lunin-Maldacena backgrounds
β Scribed by Sergio Giardino; Victor O. Rivelles
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 468 KB
- Volume
- 2011
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1126-6708
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