Screen LibraryTwo dimensional quantum gravity and random surfaces : Jerusalem Winter School for Theoretical Physics, Jerusalem, Israel, 27 Dec. 90-4 Jan. 91 /
"In the past few years there has been much study of random two dimensional surfaces. These provide simple models of string theories with a few degrees of freedom, as well as toy models of quantum gravity. They have possible applications to the statistical mechanics of phase boundaries and to th...
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World Scientific,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore : |
| Publication Dates: |
[1992] ©1992 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Jerusalem Winter School for Theoretical Physics ;
volume 8 |
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| Online Access: |
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/1392#t=toc |
| Summary: |
"In the past few years there has been much study of random two dimensional surfaces. These provide simple models of string theories with a few degrees of freedom, as well as toy models of quantum gravity. They have possible applications to the statistical mechanics of phase boundaries and to the development of an effective string description of QCD. Recently, methods have been developed to treat these theories nonperturbatively, based on discrete triangulations of the surfaces that can be generated by simple matrix models. Exact solutions with a rich mathematical structure have emerged. All these matters are discussed fully in this book."-- |
| Item Description: |
Proceedings of the 8th Jerusalem Winter School for Theoretical Physics. Title from PDF title page (viewed February 9, 2015). |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9789814538992 981453899X |
| Index Number: | QC178 |
| CLC: | O413.1-532 |
| Contents: | Large N limit and discretized two-dimensional quantum gravity / Edouard Bre zin -- Quantum gravity as dynamical triangulation / A.A. Migdal -- Introduction to the statistical mechanics of random surfaces and membranes / Francois David -- Non-perturbative effects in two dimensional quantum gravity / Francois David -- The c = 1 matrix models / David J. Gross -- Singular states in 2d quantum gravity / Alexander Polyakov -- Topological field theory and 2d quantum gravity / Robbert Dijkgraaf. |