Algebraic-geometrical formulation of two-dimensional quantum gravity

DOI10.1007/BF00714381MaRDI QIDQ1906274zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Giulio Bonelli, Marco Matone, P. A. Marchetti

Publication date 12 February 1996

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9502089

zbMATH Keywords

Liouville path integralPainlevé I recursion relationsRiemann surfacestwo-dimensional quantum gravityWeil-Petersson two-forms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Intersection theory, characteristic classes, intersection multiplicities in algebraic geometry (14C17) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We find a volume form on moduli space of double punctured Riemann surfaces whose integral satisfies the Painlev'e I recursion relations of the genus expansion of the specific heat of 2D gravity. This allows us to express the asymptotic expansion of the specific heat as an integral on an infinite dimensional moduli space in the spirit of Friedan-Shenker approach. We outline a conjectural derivation of such recursion relations using the Duistermaat-Heckman theorem.

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