Modular invariance of closed bosonic string theory with a pp-wave background

After a brief review of the necessary parts of the theory of the bosonic string, a consistent pp-wave background with constant dilaton and constant three-index antisymmetric field strength is introduced. In particular, the gravitational background is the plane wave with constant coefficients, and t...

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Main Author: Lidstrom, Daniel
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29491