Quantum Liouville theory in the background field formalism. I: Compact Riemann surfaces

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Abstract: Using Polyakov's functional integral approach with the Liouville action functional defined in cite{ZT2} and cite{LTT}, we formulate quantum Liouville theory on a compact Riemann surface X of genus g > 1. For the partition function <X> and for the correlation functions with the stress-energy tensor components , we describe Feynman rules in the background field formalism by expanding corresponding functional integrals around a classical solution - the hyperbolic metric on X. Extending analysis in cite{LT1,LT2,LT-Varenna,LT3}, we define the regularization scheme for any choice of global coordinate on X, and for Schottky and quasi-Fuchsian global coordinates we rigorously prove that one- and two-point correlation functions satisfy conformal Ward identities in all orders of the perturbation theory. Obtained results are interpreted in terms of complex geometry of the projective line bundle cEc=lambdaHc/2 over the moduli space mathfrakMg, where c is the central charge and lambdaH is the Hodge line bundle, and provide Friedan-Shenker cite{FS} complex geometry approach to CFT with the first non-trivial example besides rational models.




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