Minimal string theory is logarithmic

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2004.12.047MaRDI QIDQ451556zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yukitaka Ishimoto, Shun-Ichi Yamaguchi

Publication date 23 September 2012

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0406262

zbMATH Keywords

Liouville field theorylogarithmic conformal field theoryminimal string theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

Abstract: We study the simplest examples of minimal string theory whose worldsheet description is the unitary (p,q) minimal model coupled to two-dimensional gravity (Liouville field theory). In the Liouville sector, we show that four-point correlation functions of `tachyons' exhibit logarithmic singularities, and that the theory turns out to be logarithmic. The relation with Zamolodchikov's logarithmic degenerate fields is also discussed. Our result holds for generic values of (p,q).

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