1. PP-Wave Superalgebras of Supergravity Theories in Ten and Eleven Dimensions and Their Spectra Open Access Author: Fernando, Sudarshan Title: PP-Wave Superalgebras of Supergravity Theories in Ten and Eleven Dimensions and Their Spectra Graduate Program: Physics Keywords: pp-waveplane-wavesuperalgebrasupergravitysuperstring theoryM-theoryPenrose limitzero-mode spectraAdS/CFTBMNoscillator method File: Download my_thesis.pdf Committee Members: Murat Gunaydin, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJainendra Jain, Committee MemberRichard Wallace Robinett, Committee MemberAdrian Ocneanu, Committee Member