Self-intersection numbers and random surfaces on the lattice

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(95)00387-8zbMATH Open0925.81128arXivhep-th/9505028OpenAlexW2094037099MaRDI QIDQ1898660FDOQ1898660

Authors: Paulo Teotonio-Sobrinho 

Publication date: 20 September 1995

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

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.

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

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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)

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