2D-gravity in non-critical strings : discrete and continuum approaches /
This book contains a survey of the use of the Liouville (and super-Liouville) equation in (super)string theory outside the critical dimension, and of the complementary approach based on the discretized space-time, known as the matrix model approach. Supersymmetry is given particular attention, both...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Springer-Verlag,
[1994]
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| Series: | Lecture notes in physics. Monographs ;
m20. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book contains a survey of the use of the Liouville (and super-Liouville) equation in (super)string theory outside the critical dimension, and of the complementary approach based on the discretized space-time, known as the matrix model approach. Supersymmetry is given particular attention, both in the continuum formulation, by means of the Liouville equation, and through the consideration of the super-eigenvalue problem. The methods presented here are important in a large number of complex problems, e.g. random surfaces, 2-D gravity and large-N quantum chromodynamics. The comparison of different methods in the study of such problems permits a cross-evaluation of the results when both methods are applicable and new predictions when only one of the methods may be used. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 319 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-316) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783540483366 (electronic bk.) 3540483365 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0940-7677 ; |