String propagation in gravitational wave backgrounds

DOI10.1016/0370-2693(94)90655-6zbMath0937.81506arXivhep-th/9310202OpenAlexW3101864525MaRDI QIDQ1313607

Elias Kiritsis, Costas Kounnas

Publication date: 8 March 1994

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9310202

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Gravitational waves (83C35)

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