Abstract
We consider two-dimensional supergravity coupled to ĉ = 1 matter. This system can also be interpreted as noncritical type 0 string theory in a two-dimensional target space. After reviewing and extending the traditional descriptions of this class of theories, we provide a matrix model description. The OB theory is similar to the realization of two-dimensional bosonic string theory via matrix quantum mechanics in an inverted harmonic oscillator potential; the difference is that we expand around a non-perturbatively stable vacuum, where the matrix eigenvalues are equally distributed on both sides of the potential. The OA theory is described by a quiver matrix model.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | From Fields to Strings |
Subtitle of host publication | Circumnavigating Theoretical Physics: Ian Kogan Memorial Collection |
Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co. |
Pages | 1758-1827 |
Number of pages | 70 |
Volume | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789812775344 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789812389558 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2005 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Physics and Astronomy