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Strings in plane wave backgrounds
Author(s) -
Pankiewicz A.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.200310119
Subject(s) - string (physics) , duality (order theory) , physics , plane wave , limit (mathematics) , string theory , plane (geometry) , gauge (firearms) , non critical string theory , theoretical physics , field theory (psychology) , light cone gauge , gauge theory , connection (principal bundle) , mathematical physics , quantum electrodynamics , string field theory , field (mathematics) , s duality , supersymmetry , relationship between string theory and quantum field theory , quantum mechanics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , geometry , pure mathematics , history , archaeology , quantum gravity , quantum
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.