Two dimensional black-hole as a topological coset model of c=1 string theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-22 v1
Abstract
We show that a special superconformal coset (with ) is equivalent to matter coupled to two dimensional gravity. This identification allows a direct computation of the correlation functions of the non-critical string to all genus, and at nonzero cosmological constant, directly from the continuum approach. The results agree with those of the matrix model. Moreover we connect our coset with a twisted version of a Euclidean two dimensional black hole, in which the ghost and matter systems are mixed.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9301083,
title = {Two dimensional black-hole as a topological coset model of c=1 string theory},
author = {S. Mukhi and C. Vafa and E. Frenkel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9301083},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
51 pages. Appendix by E. Frenkel