Matrix models as CFT: genus expansion

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2010.05.006zbMath1206.81105arXiv0912.2137OpenAlexW1521509700MaRDI QIDQ627815

Ivan K. Kostov

Publication date: 4 March 2011

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.2137

zbMATH Keywords

dressed twist fieldsgenus-two free energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Feynman diagrams (81T18) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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