2D-Gravity in Non-Critical Strings
Discrete and Continuum Approaches
Published on 4. October 2008
IX, 319 pages
978-3-540-48336-6 (ISBN)
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A comprehensive survey of the use of the Liouville (and super-Liouville) equation in (super)string theory outside the critical dimension, and of the complementary approach based on the discretized space-time - known as the matrix model approach. The authors pay particular attention to supersymmetry, both in the continuum formulation and through the consideration of the super-eigenvalue problem. The methods presented here are important in a large number of complex problems, e.g. random surfaces, 2-D gravity and large-N quantum chromodynamics, and this comparitive study of the different methods permits a cross-evaluation of the results when both methods are valid, combined with new predictions when only one of the methods may be applied.
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E. Abdalla | M.C.B. Abdalla | D. Dalmazi
2D-Gravity in Non-Critical Strings
Discrete and Continuum Approaches
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04/1994
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Correlation Functions in the Bosonic Theory (Continuum Approach for Spherical Topology).- Hermitian Matrix Model.- Conformal Basis for Scaling Operators.- Correlation Functions for the N=1 Super Liouville Theory.- N=1 Super Eigenvalue Model.- Correlation Functions in N=2 Super Liouville Theory.- Final Remarks and Outlook.
