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Imposing causality on a matrix model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-06-28 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We introduce a new matrix model that describes Causal Dynamical Triangulations (CDT) in two dimensions. In order to do so, we introduce a new, simpler definition of 2D CDT and show it to be equivalent to the old one. The model makes use of ideas from dually weighted matrix models, combined with multi-matrix models, and can be studied by the method of character expansion.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0812.4261,
  title  = {Imposing causality on a matrix model},
  author = {Dario Benedetti and Joe Henson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.4261},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

9 pages, 2 figures; slightly extended version with more details on the character expansion

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