عنوان

2D-gravity in non-critical strings :

(Number (ISBN

3540483365

(Number (ISBN

9783540483366

Number

b566286

Title Proper

2D-gravity in non-critical strings :

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[Book]

Other Title Information

discrete and continuum approaches

First Statement of Responsibility

E. Abdalla [and others].

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin ; New York

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©1994.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(ix, 319 pages)

Series Title

Lecture notes in physics., New series m,, Monographs ;, m20.

Text of Note

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.

Text of Note

This book contains a 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. Supersymmetry is given particular attention, both in the continuum formulation, by means of the Liouville equation, 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. The comparison of different methods in the study of such problems permits a cross-evaluation of the results when both methods are applicable and new predictions when only one of the methods may be used.

Quantum gravity.

String models.

Supergravity.

E. Abdalla [and others].

Elcio Abdalla

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