Penrose limits and maximal supersymmetry

TY - JOUR

T1 - Penrose limits and maximal supersymmetry

AU - Blau, M

AU - Figueroa-O'Farrill, J

AU - Hull, C

AU - Papadopoulos, G

PY - 2002/5/21

Y1 - 2002/5/21

N2 - We show that the maximally supersymmetric pp-wave of 1113 superstring and M-theories can be obtained as a Penrose limit of the supersymmetric AdS x S solutions. In addition, we find that in a certain large tension limit, the geometry seen by a brane probe in an AdS x S background is either Minkowski space or a maximally supersymmetric pp-wave.

AB - We show that the maximally supersymmetric pp-wave of 1113 superstring and M-theories can be obtained as a Penrose limit of the supersymmetric AdS x S solutions. In addition, we find that in a certain large tension limit, the geometry seen by a brane probe in an AdS x S background is either Minkowski space or a maximally supersymmetric pp-wave.

U2 - 10.1088/0264-9381/19/10/101

DO - 10.1088/0264-9381/19/10/101

M3 - Letter

VL - 19

SP - L87 - L95

JO - Classical and Quantum Gravity

JF - Classical and Quantum Gravity

IS - 10

ER -