Abstract
We investigate various aspects of the plane wave geometries obtained from D1/D5-brane system. We study the effect of Hopf-duality on the supersymmetries preserved by the Penrose limit of AdS3 × S3 × T4 geometry. In type-IIB case, we first show that the Penrose limit makes the size of the 'would-be' internal torus comparable to that of the other directions. Based on this observation, we consider, in taking the Penrose limit, the generalization of the null geodesic to incorporate the tilted direction between the equator of S3 and one of the torus directions. For generic values of the tilting angle, supersymmetries are not preserved. When the limit is taken along the torus direction, 16 supersymmetries are preserved. For the ordinary Penrose limit, 16 generic and 8 'supernumerary' supersymmetries are observed. In the Penrose limit of Hopf-dualized type-IIA geometry, only 4 supersymmetries are preserved. We classify all the Killing spinors according to their periodic properties along some relevant coordinates.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3-23 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics B |
Volume | 650 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 Feb 2003 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Sangmin Lee and Hyeonjoon Shin for stimulating discussions. J.H.C. (Project No. R01-2000-00021) and T.L. (Project No. R01-2000-00015) are supported in part by KOSEF. S.N. is supported by Korea Research Foundation Grant KRF-2001-041-D00049 and by BK21 Program of Korea Research Fund.