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A Laplacian to compute intersection numbers on $\bar{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$ and correlation functions in NCQFT

Mathematical Physics 2023-04-24 v3 Algebraic Geometry math.MP

Abstract

Let Fg(t)F_g(t) be the generating function of intersection numbers on the moduli spaces Mˉg,n\bar{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n} of complex curves of genus gg. As by-product of a complete solution of all non-planar correlation functions of the renormalised Φ3\Phi^3-matrical QFT model, we explicitly construct a Laplacian Δt\Delta_t on the space of formal parameters tit_i satisfying exp(g2N22gFg(t))=exp((Δt+F2(t))/N2)1\exp(\sum_{g\geq 2} N^{2-2g}F_g(t))=\exp((-\Delta_t+F_2(t))/N^2)1 for any N>0N>0. The result is achieved via Dyson-Schwinger equations from noncommutative quantum field theory combined with residue techniques from topological recursion. The genus-gg correlation functions of the Φ3\Phi^3-matricial QFT model are obtained by repeated application of another differential operator to Fg(t)F_g(t) and taking for tit_i the renormalised moments of a measure constructed from the covariance of the model.

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@article{arxiv.1903.12526,
  title  = {A Laplacian to compute intersection numbers on $\bar{\mathcal{M}}_{g,n}$ and correlation functions in NCQFT},
  author = {Harald Grosse and Alexander Hock and Raimar Wulkenhaar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.12526},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

39 pages, LaTeX. v2: references added, appendix suppressed (still contained in *.tex). A Mathematica implementation to compute all intersection numbers up to genus 10 (but easily extended) is provided as ancillary file. v3: relation to kappa classes added, a larger gap in proof of Prop 5.2 filled, minor change of conventions, typos corrected