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Minimal String Theory is Logarithmic

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We study the simplest examples of minimal string theory whose worldsheet description is the unitary (p,q) minimal model coupled to two-dimensional gravity (Liouville field theory). In the Liouville sector, we show that four-point correlation functions of `tachyons' exhibit logarithmic singularities, and that the theory turns out to be logarithmic. The relation with Zamolodchikov's logarithmic degenerate fields is also discussed. Our result holds for generic values of (p,q).

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0406262,
  title  = {Minimal String Theory is Logarithmic},
  author = {Yukitaka Ishimoto and Shun-ichi Yamaguchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0406262},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Latex2e 13 pages; v.2: minor corrections, typos fixed