Self-intersection numbers and random surfaces on the lattice

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(95)00387-8MaRDI QIDQ1898660zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paulo Teotonio-Sobrinho

Publication date 20 September 1995

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9505028

zbMATH Keywords

discrete modelhypercubic latticecontinuous deformations4D string theorytopological term

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27)

Abstract: String theory in 4 dimensions has the unique feature that a topological term, the oriented self-intersection number, can be added to the usual action. It has been suggested that the corresponding theory of random surfaces wold be free from the problem encountered in the scaling of the string tension. Unfortunately, in the usual dynamical triangulation it is not clear how to write such a term. We show that for random surfaces on a hypercubic lattice however, the analogue of the oriented self-intersection number $I[s]$ can be defined and computed in a straightforward way. Furthermore, $I[s]$ has a genuine topological meaning in the sense that it is invariant under the discrete analogue of continuous deformations. The resulting random surface model is no longer free and may lead to a non trivial continuum limit.

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