THE ORIGIN OF SL(nC) CURRENT ALGEBRA IN GENERALIZED TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (18) ◽  
pp. 4353-4375 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. YOSHIDA
Keyword(s):  
Current Algebra ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Mathematical Structure ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Projective Structure ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Induced Gravity ◽  
Higher Genus ◽  
Dimensional Gravity

The origin of local SL(nC) symmetry in induced gravity in two dimensions, enlarged with the so-called W fields, is considered on higher genus Riemann surfaces. In the simplest case of W2, the mathematical structure of Polyakov’s two-dimensional gravity precisely corresponds to the projective structure of Riemann surfaces. Some speculations on the generalization to higher Wn algebras are presented.

EQUIVALENCE OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITIES

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (16) ◽  
pp. 1251-1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
NOUREDDINE MOHAMMEDI
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Explicit Solution ◽  
Light Cone ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Induced Gravity ◽  
Light Cone Gauge ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Chern Simons

We find the relationship between the Jackiw-Teitelboim model of two-dimensional gravity and the SL (2, R) induced gravity. These are shown to be related to a two-dimensional gauge theory obtained by dimensionally reducing the Chern-Simons action of the 2+1 dimensional gravity. We present an explicit solution to the equations of motion of the auxiliary field of the Jackiw-Teitelboim model in the light-cone gauge. A renormalization of the cosmological constant is also given.

A COMPACT BOSON COUPLED TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (15) ◽  
pp. 2743-2754 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORISUKE SAKAI ◽  
YOSHIAKI TANII
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
The Continuum ◽  
Continuum Field

The radius dependence of partition functions is explicitly evaluated in the continuum field theory of a compactified boson, interacting with two-dimensional quantum gravity (noncritical string) on Riemann surfaces for the first few genera. The partition function for the torus is found to be a sum of terms proportional to R and 1/R. This is in agreement with the result of a discretized version (matrix models), but is quite different from the critical string. The supersymmetric case is also explicitly evaluated.

AN INTEGRABLE MODEL WITH SOLITON SOLUTIONS WHICH HAVE APPLICATIONS TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (07) ◽  
pp. 1503-1514 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAUL BRACKEN
Keyword(s):  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Integrable Model ◽  
Soliton Solutions ◽  
Integrable Equation ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Spin Connection ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
Chern Simons

The equations of motion for a theory described by a Chern–Simons type of action in two dimensions are obtained and investigated. The equation for the classical, continuous Heisenberg model is used as a form of gauge constraint to obtain a result which provides a completely integrable dynamics and which partially fixes the gauge degrees of freedom. Under a particular form of the spin connection, an integrable equation which can be analytically extended to a form of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation is obtained. Some explicit solutions are presented, and in particular a soliton solution is shown to lead to an integrable two-dimensional model of gravity.

CORRELATION FUNCTIONS AND ZERO MODES ON HIGHER GENUS RIEMANN SURFACES

1988 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 841-860 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. BONINI ◽  
R. IENGO
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Covariant Formulation ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Zero Modes ◽  
Modular Transformation ◽  
Higher Genus

We describe systematically the propagators and the zero modes of the various two dimensional fields which appear in the construction of the scattering amplitudes in the string theory, within the framework of the covariant formulation, and we discuss also their modular transformation properties.

QUANTUM GRAVITY IN TWO DIMENSIONS

1987 ◽  
Vol 02 (11) ◽  
pp. 893-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. POLYAKOV
Keyword(s):  
Differential Equations ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Current Algebra ◽  
Correlation Functions ◽  
Light Cone ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Light Cone Gauge

Two dimensional induced quantum gravity is analyzed. By the use of light-cone gauge we derive a gravitational analogue of the Wess-Zumino action and discover its amazing connection with SL (2, ℝ) current algebra. The latter permits us to find differential equations for the correlation functions.

ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (37) ◽  
pp. 3521-3526
Author(s):  
S.K. BOSE
Keyword(s):  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Ricci Scalar ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Existence Of A Solution ◽  
Static Vacuum ◽  
Gravitational Action ◽  
Vacuum Metrics ◽  
Dimensional Gravity

The field equations that result from the use of R2–the square of the Ricci scalar – in the gravitational action are studied in two dimensions. Some general features of the model are noted; in particular, the existence of a solution R=Λ. The form of the static vacuum metrics is obtained. The problem of cosmology is discussed.

scholarly journals Genus expansion of open free energy in 2d topological gravity

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazumi Okuyama ◽  
Kazuhiro Sakai
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Intersection Theory ◽  
Genus Zero ◽  
Kdv Hierarchy ◽  
Kdv Equations ◽  
Higher Genus ◽  
Topological Gravity ◽  
Genus Expansion

Abstract We study open topological gravity in two dimensions, or, the intersection theory on the moduli space of open Riemann surfaces initiated by Pandharipande, Solomon and Tessler. The open free energy, the generating function for the open intersection numbers, obeys the open KdV equations and Buryak’s differential equation and is related by a formal Fourier transformation to the Baker-Akhiezer wave function of the KdV hierarchy. Using these properties we study the genus expansion of the free energy in detail. We construct explicitly the genus zero part of the free energy. We then formulate a method of computing higher genus corrections by solving Buryak’s equation and obtain them up to high order. This method is much more efficient than our previous approach based on the saddle point calculation. Along the way we show that the higher genus corrections are polynomials in variables that are expressed in terms of genus zero quantities only, generalizing the constitutive relation of closed topological gravity.

scholarly journals Developments in topological gravity

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (30) ◽  
pp. 1830029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robbert Dijkgraaf ◽  
Edward Witten
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Model ◽  
Moduli Space ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Intersection Theory ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
Topological Gravity ◽  
The Relationship

This note aims to provide an entrée to two developments in two-dimensional topological gravity — that is, intersection theory on the moduli space of Riemann surfaces — that have not yet become well known among physicists. A little over a decade ago, Mirzakhani discovered[Formula: see text] an elegant new proof of the formulas that result from the relationship between topological gravity and matrix models of two-dimensional gravity. Here we will give a very partial introduction to that work, which hopefully will also serve as a modest tribute to the memory of a brilliant mathematical pioneer. More recently, Pandharipande, Solomon, and Tessler3 (with further developments in Refs. 4–6) generalized intersection theory on moduli space to the case of Riemann surfaces with boundary, leading to generalizations of the familiar KdV and Virasoro formulas. Though the existence of such a generalization appears natural from the matrix model viewpoint — it corresponds to adding vector degrees of freedom to the matrix model — constructing this generalization is not straightforward. We will give some idea of the unexpected way that the difficulties were resolved.

scholarly journals A NON-DEGENERATE SEMICLASSICAL LAGRANGIAN FOR DILATON-GRAVITY IN TWO DIMENSIONS

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (33) ◽  
pp. 3071-3079 ◽  
Author(s):  
NOUREDDINE MOHAMMEDI
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Exact Solutions ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Singular Solutions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Semiclassical Theory ◽  
Dilaton Gravity ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
Matter Fields

An action for two-dimensional gravity conformally coupled to two dilaton-type fields is analyzed. Classically, the theory has some exact solutions. These include configurations representing black holes. A semiclassical theory is obtained by assuming that these singular solutions are caused by the collapse of some matter fields. The semiclassical equations of motion reveal then that any generic solution must have a flat geometry.

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