Matrix Models and 2D String Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
String theory in two-dimensional spacetime illuminates two main threads of recent development in string theory: (1) Open/closed string duality, and (2) Tachyon condensation. In two dimensions, many aspects of these phenomena can be explored in a setting where exact calculations can be performed. These lectures review the basic aspects of this system.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0410136,
title = {Matrix Models and 2D String Theory},
author = {Emil J. Martinec},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0410136},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
55 pages, 15 figures. Lectures given at the summer school "Applications of Random Matrices in Physics", les Houches; and the Summer School on Strings, Gravity & Cosmology, Univ. of British Columbia