Nodes as composite operators in matrix models

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/12/5/005zbMATH Open0821.47050arXivhep-th/9411206OpenAlexW2087277995MaRDI QIDQ4835554FDOQ4835554

Damiano Anselmi

Publication date: 28 September 1995

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Riemann surfaces with nodes can be described by introducing simple composite operators in matrix models. In the case of the Kontsevich model, it is sufficient to add the quadratic, but ``non-propagating, term (tr[X])^2 to the Lagrangian. The corresponding Jenkins-Strebel differentials have pairwise identified simple poles. The result is in agreement with a conjecture formulated by Kontsevich and recently investigated by Arbarello and Cornalba that the set ${calM}_{m*,s}$ of ribbon graphs with s faces and $m*=(m_0,m_1,ldots,m_j,ldots)$ vertices of valencies $(1,3,ldots,2j+1,ldots)$ ``can be expressed in terms of Mumford-Morita classes: one gets an interpretation for univalent vertices. I also address the possible relationship with a recently formulated theory of constrained topological gravity.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9411206

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zbMATH Keywords

Jenkins-Strebel differentialsRiemann surfaces with nodesKontsevich modelcomposite operators in matrix modelsconstrained topological gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of operator theory in the physical sciences (47N50) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Operator colligations (= nodes), vessels, linear systems, characteristic functions, realizations, etc. (47A48)

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