On gonihedric loops and quantum gravity

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/39/7/017MaRDI QIDQ3379347zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors A. Prats, Domènec Espriu

Publication date 6 April 2006

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0511122

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Supergravity (83E50)

Abstract: We present an analysis of the gonihedric loop model, a reformulation of the two dimensional gonihedric spin model, using two different techniques. First, the usual regular lattice statistical physics problem is mapped onto a height model and studied analytically. Second, the gravitational version of this loop model is studied via matrix models techniques. Both methods lead to the conclusion that the model has $c_{matter}=0$ for all values of the parameters of the model. In this way it is possible to understand the absence of a continuous transition.

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