Topological rigid string theory and two-dimensional QCD

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(96)00036-3MaRDI QIDQ1909486zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Petr Hořava

Publication date 13 March 1996

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9507060

zbMATH Keywords

Euler numbersfourth order Lagrangianharmonic topological sigma model Lagrangianlarge N 2D Yang Mills gauge theory expansionNambu Goto term

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 present a string theory that reproduces the large-$N$ expansion of two dimensional Yang-Mills gauge theory on arbitrary surfaces. First, a new class of topological sigma models is introduced, with path integrals localized to the moduli space of harmonic maps. The Lagrangian of these harmonic topological sigma models is of fourth order in worldsheet derivatives. Then we gauge worldsheet diffeomorphisms by introducing the induced worldsheet metric. This leads to a topological string theory, whose Lagrangian coincides in the bose sector with the rigid string Lagrangian discussed some time ago by Polyakov and others as a candidate for QCD string theory. The path integral of this topological rigid string theory is localized to the moduli spaces of minimal-area maps, and calculates their Euler numbers. The dependence of the large-$N$ QCD partition functions on the target area emerges from measuring the volume of the moduli spaces, and can be reproduced by adding a Nambu-Goto term (improved by fermionic terms) to the Lagrangian of the topological rigid string.

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