Non-rational 2D quantum gravity. II: Target space CFT

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2007.01.008MaRDI QIDQ881371zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ivan K. Kostov, Valentina B. Petkova

Publication date 22 May 2007

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0609020

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

Abstract: We explore the formulation of non-rational 2D quantum gravity in terms of a chiral CFT on a Riemann surface associated with the target space. The CFT in question is constructed as the collective theory for a matrix chain, which is dual to a statistical height model on dynamical triangulations. The heights are associated with the sheets of the Riemann surface, which represents an infinite branched cover of the spectral plane. We consider two examples of height models: the SOS model and the semi-restricted SOS (SRSOS) model, in which the heights are restricted from below. Both models are described in the continuum limit by theories of 2D quantum gravity with conformal matter, perturbed by a thermal operator (1,3). We give a compact operator expression for the n-loop amplitudes as a collection of target space Feynman rules. The n-point functions of local fields are obtained by shrinking the loops. In particular, we show that the 4-point function of order operators in the SRSOS model coincides with the 4-point function of the ``diagonal world sheet CFT studied in [1].

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