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Intersection numbers from the antisymmetric Gaussian matrix model

Mathematical Physics 2009-12-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

The matrix model of topological field theory for the moduli space of p-th spin curves is extended to the case of the Lie algebra of the orthogonal group. We derive a new duality relation for the expectation values of characteristic polynomials in the antisymmetric Gaussian matrix model with an external matrix source. The intersection numbers for non-orientable surfaces of spin curves with k marked points are obtained from the Fourier transform of the k-point correlation functions at the critical point where the gap is closing.

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@article{arxiv.0804.4531,
  title  = {Intersection numbers from the antisymmetric Gaussian matrix model},
  author = {Edouard Brezin and Shinobu Hikami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.4531},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages

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