String theory and water waves

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/44/1/015403zbMATH Open1416.76023arXiv1002.1120OpenAlexW1981632644MaRDI QIDQ3071013FDOQ3071013

Authors: Ramakrishnan Iyer, Jeffrey Pennington, Clifford V. Johnson 

Publication date: 28 January 2011

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We uncover a remarkable role that an infinite hierarchy of non-linear differential equations plays in organizing and connecting certain {hat c}<1 string theories non-perturbatively. We are able to embed the type 0A and 0B (A,A) minimal string theories into this single framework. The string theories arise as special limits of a rich system of equations underpinned by an integrable system known as the dispersive water wave hierarchy. We observe that there are several other string-like limits of the system, and conjecture that some of them are type IIA and IIB (A,D) minimal string backgrounds. We explain how these and several string-like special points arise and are connected. In some cases, the framework endows the theories with a non-perturbative definition for the first time. Notably, we discover that the Painleve IV equation plays a key role in organizing the string theory physics, joining its siblings, Painleve I and II, whose roles have previously been identified in this minimal string context.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.1120

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zbMATH Keywords

dispersive water wave hierarchyintegrable systemPainlevé equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory (35Q75) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

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• Bäcklund transformations, D-branes and fluxes in minimal type 0 strings
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