A new maximally supersymmetric background of IIB superstring theory

By M. Blau, J. Figueroa-O’Farrill, C. Hull, Georgios Papadopoulos. 2001

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We present a maximally supersymmetric IIB string background. The geometry is that of a conformally flat lorentzian symmetric space G/K with solvable G, with a homogeneous five-form flux. We give the explicit supergravity solution, compute the isometries, the 32 Killing spinors, and the symmetry superalgebra, and then discuss T-duality and the relation to M-theory.

Subfields: Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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PP wave limit and enhanced supersymmetry in gauge theories (2002, background): “The metric felt by such states is the Penrose limit of AdS5 × S(5), which is [5, 6] the pp wave ds(2) = −4dxdx + 8”
Stringing Spins and Spinning Strings (2003, neutral): “∗also at ITEP, Moscow, Russia.”
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On Penrose limits and gauge Theories (2002, background): “In particular several papers have been devoted to a detailed analysis of the application of the limit to supergravity backgrounds [2–4], and to explicitly solving the superstring theory defined on the ppw background[5] as well as understanding the relation between the string spectrum and massless su”
Strings in flat space and pp waves from ${\cal N}=4$ Super Yang Mills (2002, methodology): “But that has the general form DΘI = (δIJ (d+ 1 4 ωµνγµν) + i 48 eµFµµ1...µ4Γ µ1...µ4ǫIJ )ΘJ ( B.9) and consequently it has the correct limit from the AdS5 × S5 case to the pp wave case.”
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