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hep-th2002★ 29 cited
Relativistic String in a Pulse
Constantin Bachas
I study a relativistic open string coupling through its endpoints to a plane wave with arbitrary temporal profile. The string's transverse oscillations respond linearly to the exte…
hep-th2002★ 36 cited
Null Brane Intersections
Constantin Bachas, Chris Hull
We study pairs of planar D-branes intersecting on null hypersurfaces, and other related configurations. These are supersymmetric and have finite energy density. They provide open-s…
hep-th2002★ 13 cited
Asymptotic symmetries of AdS2 Branes
C. Bachas
I analyze the asymptotic symmetries of a theory of gravity in a background consisting of two patches of spacetime glued together along an brane. These a…