Degrees of freedom in two-dimensional string theory

DOI10.1016/0920-5632(95)00640-0MaRDI QIDQ5927073zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sumit R. Das

Publication date 8 March 2001

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9511214

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: We discuss two issues regarding the question of degrees of freedom in two dimensional string theory. The first issue relates to the classical limit of quantum string theory. In the classical theory one requires an infinite number of fields in addition to the collective field to describe ``folds on the fermi surface. We argue that in the quantum theory these are not additional degrees of freedom. Rather they represent quantum dispersions of the collective field which are {em not} suppressed when $hbarightarrow0$ whenever a fold is present, thus leading to a nontrivial classical limit. The second issue relates to the ultraviolet properties of the geometric entropy. We argue that the geometric entropy is finite in the ultraviolet due to {em nonperturbative} effects. This indicates that the true degrees of freedom of the two dimensional string at high energies is much smaller than what one naively expects. (Based on talks at Spring Workshop on String theory and Quantum Gravity, ICTP, Trieste, March 1995 and VIIth Regional Conference on Mathematical Physics, Bandar-Anzali, October 1995.)

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