On the connection between 2d topological gravity and the reduced Hermitian matrix model

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00491-4zbMATH Open0979.81584arXivhep-th/9702188MaRDI QIDQ1367580FDOQ1367580

Jan Ambjørn, M. G. Harris, M. Weis

Publication date: 24 September 1997

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

Abstract: We discuss how concepts such as geodesic length and the volume of space-time can appear in 2d topological gravity. We then construct a detailed mapping between the reduced Hermitian matrix model and 2d topological gravity at genus zero. This leads to a complete solution of the counting problem for planar graphs with vertices of even coordination number. The connection between multi-critical matrix models and multi-critical topological gravity at genus zero is studied in some detail.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9702188

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zbMATH Keywords

geodesic lengthmulticritical matrix modelsmulticritical topological gravityspacetime volume

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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