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Scaling and the Fractal Geometry of Two-Dimensional Quantum Gravity

High Energy Physics - Lattice 2009-10-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We examine the scaling of geodesic correlation functions in two-dimensional gravity and in spin systems coupled to gravity. The numerical data support the scaling hypothesis and indicate that the quantum geometry develops a non-perturbative length scale. The existence of this length scale allows us to extract a Hausdorff dimension. In the case of pure gravity we find d_H approx. 3.8, in support of recent theoretical calculations that d_H = 4. We also discuss the back-reaction of matter on the geometry.

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@article{arxiv.hep-lat/9504009,
  title  = {Scaling and the Fractal Geometry of Two-Dimensional Quantum Gravity},
  author = {S. Catterall and G. Thorleifsson and M. Bowick and V. John},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/9504009},
  year   = {2009}
}

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16 pages, LaTeX format, 8 eps figures