The Kontsevich connection on the moduli space of FZZT Liouville branes

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2004.10.020MaRDI QIDQ874522zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stefano Giusto, C. Imbimbo

Publication date 10 April 2007

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0408216

zbMATH Keywords

Fateev-Zamolodchikov-Zamolodchikov-Teschner branes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonperturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T16) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: We point out that insertions of matrix fields in (connected amputated) amplitudes of (generalized) Kontsevich models are given by covariant derivatives with respect to the Kontsevich moduli. This implies that correlators are sections of symmetric products of the (holomorphic) tangent bundle on the (complexified) moduli space of FZZT Liouville branes. We discuss the relation of Kontsevich parametrization of moduli space with that provided by either the (p,1) or the (1,p) boundary conformal field theories. It turns out that the Kontsevich connection captures the contribution of contact terms to open string amplitudes of boundary cosmological constant operators in the (1,p) minimal string models. The curvature of the connection is of type (1,1) and has delta-function singularities at the points in moduli space where Kontsevich kinetic term vanishes. We also outline the extention of our formalism to the c=1 string at self-dual radius and discuss the problems that have to be understood to reconciliate first and second quantized approaches in this case.

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