Abstract
We give a formulation of two-dimensional topological gravity without matter in terms of a supersymmetric conformally invariant field theory and derive a path integral expression for the physical amplitudes. A careful analysis of the contact terms of the physical operators reveals the presence of a non-commutative algebra, isomorphic to the Virasoro algebra. We show that this algebra completely determines all the amplitudes at arbitrary genus, which coincide with those of the one-matrix model at the k = 1 critical point.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 457-489 |
Number of pages | 33 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics, Section B |
Volume | 348 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 21 1991 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics