Strings in the pp-wave Background from Membrane

TL;DR

This paper derives strings with quantized masses in a pp-wave background from membrane theory, exploring their properties and dual actions, and analyzing both open and closed strings in this setting.

Contribution

It introduces a method to obtain massive strings in a pp-wave background from membrane theory by wrapping and identifying directions, and studies their properties.

Findings

Strings with quantized masses are derived from membrane theory.

The mass dual action of strings in the pp-wave background is obtained.

Properties of open and closed strings in this background are analyzed.

Abstract

In this paper we study strings with quantized masses in the pp-wave background. We obtain these strings from the membrane theory. For achieving to this, one of the membrane and one of the spacetime directions will be identified and wrapped. From the action of strings in the pp-wave background, we obtain its mass dual action. Some properties of the closed and open strings in this background will be studied.