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2D-Gravity in Non-Critical Strings : Discrete and Continuum Approaches / by E. Abdalla, M.C.B. Abdalla, D. Dalmazi, A. Zadra.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abdalla, Elcio, author.
- Series:
- Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs ; 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quantum theory.
- Spintronics.
- Particles (Nuclear physics).
- Quantum field theory.
- Gravitation.
- Astronomy--Observations.
- Astronomy.
- Astrophysics.
- Quantum Physics.
- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
- Classical and Quantum Gravity.
- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
- Local Subjects:
- Quantum Physics.
- Spintronics.
- Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
- Classical and Quantum Gravity.
- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
- Astrophysics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (IX, 319 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 1994.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1994.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 3-540-48336-5
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