Two-dimensional quantum gravity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonid Chekhov
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
2D Gravity ◽  
Loop Model ◽  
World Sheet ◽  
Liouville Gravity ◽  
Large N ◽  
The One

This article discusses the connection between large N matrix models and critical phenomena on lattices with fluctuating geometry, with particular emphasis on the solvable models of 2D lattice quantum gravity and how they are related to matrix models. It first provides an overview of the continuum world sheet theory and the Liouville gravity before deriving the Knizhnik-Polyakov-Zamolodchikov scaling relation. It then describes the simplest model of 2D gravity and the corresponding matrix model, along with the vertex/height integrable models on planar graphs and their mapping to matrix models. It also considers the discretization of the path integral over metrics, the solution of pure lattice gravity using the one-matrix model, the construction of the Ising model coupled to 2D gravity discretized on planar graphs, the O(n) loop model, the six-vertex model, the q-state Potts model, and solid-on-solid and ADE matrix models.

TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM GRAVITY, MATRIX MODELS AND STRING THEORY

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (07) ◽  
pp. 1185-1244 ◽  
Author(s):  
KREŠIMIR DEMETERFI
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Lattice Models ◽  
Field Method ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Large N ◽  
The One ◽  
Low Dimensional ◽  
Lattice Approach

We review some results of the recent progress in understanding two-dimensional quantum gravity and low-dimensional string theories based on the lattice approach. The possibility to solve the lattice models exactly comes from their equivalence to large N matrix models. We describe various matrix models and their continuum limits, and discuss in some detail the phase structure of Hermitian one-matrix models. For the one-dimensional matrix model we discuss its field theoretic formulation through a collective field method and summarize some perturbative results. We compare the results obtained from matrix models to the results in the continuum approach to string theory.

PHASE DIAGRAM AND ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS IN MULTIPLE-WELL MATRIX MODELS

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (25) ◽  
pp. 4491-4515 ◽  
Author(s):  
OLAF LECHTENFELD ◽  
RASHMI RAY ◽  
ARUP RAY
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Orthogonal Polynomials ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Phase Structure ◽  
Saddle Points ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Potential Wells ◽  
Large N

We investigate a zero-dimensional Hermitian one-matrix model in a triple-well potential. Its tree-level phase structure is analyzed semiclassically as well as in the framework of orthogonal polynomials. Some multiple-arc eigenvalue distributions in the first method correspond to quasiperiodic large-N behavior of recursion coefficients for the second. We further establish this connection between the two approaches by finding three-arc saddle points from orthogonal polynomials. The latter require a modification for nondegenerate potential minima; we propose weighing the average over potential wells.

scholarly journals Quantum gravity as a multitrace matrix model

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (31) ◽  
pp. 1750180
Author(s):  
Badis Ydri ◽  
Cherine Soudani ◽  
Ahlam Rouag
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Large Class ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Topology Change ◽  
New Model ◽  
And Topology ◽  
Emergent Geometry

We present a new model of quantum gravity as a theory of random geometries given explicitly in terms of a multitrace matrix model. This is a generalization of the usual discretized random surfaces of two-dimensional quantum gravity which works away from two dimensions and captures a large class of spaces admitting a finite spectral triple. These multitrace matrix models sustain emergent geometry as well as growing dimensions and topology change.

TOPOLOGICAL σ MODELS AND LARGE N MATRIX INTEGRAL

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (29) ◽  
pp. 4203-4224 ◽  
Author(s):  
TOHRU EGUCHI ◽  
KENTARO HORI ◽  
SUNG-KIL YANG
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Model ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Holomorphic Maps ◽  
Integrable Structure ◽  
Toda Hierarchy ◽  
Matrix Integral ◽  
Large N ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Lax Operator ◽  
The One

In this paper we describe in some detail the representation of the topological CP1 model in terms of a matrix integral which we have introduced in a previous article. We first discuss the integrable structure of the CP1 model and show that it is governed by an extension of the one-dimensional Toda hierarchy. We then introduce a matrix model which reproduces the sum over holomorphic maps from arbitrary Riemann surfaces onto CP1. We compute intersection numbers on the moduli space of curves using a geometrical method and show that the results agree with those predicted by the matrix model. We also develop a Landau-Ginzburg (LG) description of the CP1 model using a superpotential eX + et0,Q e-X given by the Lax operator of the Toda hierarchy (X is the LG field and t0,Q is the coupling constant of the Kähler class). The form of the superpotential indicates the close connection between CP1 and N=2 supersymmetric sine-Gordon theory which was noted sometime ago by several authors. We also discuss possible generalizations of our construction to other manifolds and present an LG formulation of the topological CP2 model.

scholarly journals Fundamental Strings and D-Strings in the IIB Matrix Model

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 1301-1315 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Sathiapalan
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Model ◽  
Scaling Limit ◽  
Duality Group ◽  
Fundamental String ◽  
Large N ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Model Derivation ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
String Worldsheet

The matrix model for IIB superstring proposed by Ishibashi, Kawai, Kitazawa and Tsuchiya is investigated. Consideration of planar and non-planar diagrams suggests that large-N perturbative expansion is consistent with the double scaling limit proposed by the above authors. We write down a Wilson loop that can be interpreted as a fundamental string vertex operator. The one-point tadpole in the presence of a D-string has the right form and this can be viewed as a matrix model derivation of the boundary conditions that define a D-string. We also argue that if worldsheet coordinates σ and τ are introduced to the fundamental string, then the conjugate variable d/dσ and d/dτ can be interpreted as the D-string worldsheet coordinates. In this way the SL (2Z) duality group of the IIB superstring becomes identified with the symplectic group acting on (p,q).

scholarly journals INTERACTION OF F- andD-STRINGS IN THE MATRIX MODEL

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 921-936 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. D. HARI DASS ◽  
B. SATHIAPALAN
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Model Description ◽  
Large N ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
M Theory

We study a configuration of a parallel F- (fundamental) and D-string in IIB string theory by considering its T-dual configuration in the matrix model description of M-theory. We show that certain nonperturbative features of string theory such as O(e-1/gs) effects due to soliton loops, the existence of bound state (1,1) strings and manifest S-duality, can be seen in matrix models. We discuss certain subtleties that arise in the large-N limit when membranes are wrapped around compact dimensions.

CONTINUUM SCHWINGER-DYSON EQUATIONS AND UNIVERSAL STRUCTURES IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM GRAVITY

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (08) ◽  
pp. 1385-1406 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASAFUMI FUKUMA ◽  
HIKARU KAWAI ◽  
RYUICHI NAKAYAMA
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Square Root ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Kp Hierarchy ◽  
Kdv Hierarchy ◽  
The One ◽  
Matter Fields ◽  
The Continuum

We study the continuum Schwinger-Dyson equations for nonperturbative two-dimensional quantum gravity coupled to various matter fields. The continuum Schwinger-Dyson equations for the one-matrix model are explicitly derived and turn out to be a formal Virasoro condition on the square root of the partition function, which is conjectured to be the τ function of the KdV hierarchy. Furthermore, we argue that general multi-matrix models are related to the W algebras and suitable reductions of KP hierarchy and its generalizations.

scholarly journals THE AREA LAW IN MATRIX MODELS FOR LARGE N QCD STRINGS

2002 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 555-563 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. N. ANAGNOSTOPOULOS ◽  
W. BIETENHOLZ ◽  
J. NISHIMURA
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Hermitian Matrices ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Loop Area ◽  
Large N ◽  
Volume Limit ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Area Law

We study the question whether matrix models obtained in the zero volume limit of 4d Yang–Mills theories can describe large N QCD strings. The matrix model we use is a variant of the Eguchi–Kawai model in terms of Hermitian matrices, but without any twists or quenching. This model was originally proposed as a toy model of the IIB matrix model. In contrast to common expectations, we do observe the area law for Wilson loops in a significant range of scale of the loop area. Numerical simulations show that this range is stable as N increases up to 768, which strongly suggests that it persists in the large N limit. Hence the equivalence to QCD strings may hold for length scales inside a finite regime.

scholarly journals INTEGRABLE STRUCTURES IN MATRIX MODELS AND PHYSICS OF 2D GRAVITY

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (22) ◽  
pp. 3831-3882 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. MARSHAKOV
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
2D Gravity ◽  
Model Description ◽  
Physical Role ◽  
Theory Formulation ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Free Fields ◽  
Effective Description

A review of the appearance of integrable structures in the matrix model description of 2D gravity is presented. Most of the ideas are demonstrated with technically simple but ideologically important examples. Matrix models are considered as a sort of “effective” description of continuum 2D field theory formulation. The main physical role in such a description is played by the Virasoro-W conditions, which can be interpreted as certain unitarity or factorization constraints. Both discrete and continuum (generalized Kontsevich) models are formulated as the solutions to those discrete (continuous) Virasoro-W constraints. Their integrability properties are proved, using mostly the determinant technique highly related to the representation in terms of free fields. The paper also contains some new observations connected with formulation of more-general-than-GKM solutions and deeper understanding of their relation to 2D gravity.

scholarly journals CORRELATORS OF THE KAZAKOV-MIGDAL MODEL

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (25) ◽  
pp. 2387-2401 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. I. DOBROLIUBOV ◽  
YU. MAKEENKO ◽  
G. W. SEMENOFF
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Model ◽  
Explicit Solution ◽  
Scalar Fields ◽  
Algebraic Equations ◽  
Quadratic Potential ◽  
Large N ◽  
Gaussian Case ◽  
The One ◽  
Non Gaussian

We derive loop equations for the one-link correlators of gauge and scalar fields in the Kazakov-Migdal model. These equations determine the solution of the model in the large-N limit and are similar to analogous equations for the Hermitian two-matrix model. We give an explicit solution of the equations for the case of a Gaussian, quadratic potential. We also show how similar calculations in a non-Gaussian case reduce to purely algebraic equations.

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