No horizons in pp-waves

Abstract

We argue that pp-wave backgrounds can not admit event horizons. We also comment on pp-wave generalizations which would admit horizons and show that there exists a black string solution which asymptotes to a five dimensional plane wave background.

19 pages, 1 figure, uses harvmac and epsf

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• A class of exact pp-wave string models with interacting light-cone gauge actions

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