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Wheeler-DeWitt Equation in Two-dimensional Quantum Gravity with $c=1$ Conformal Matter Field

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v2

Abstract

In the context of two-dimensional quantum cosmology, we consider the path-integral of a string on annulus which contains the Liouville field and conformal matter fields. We show that, in the transition amplitude of the string universe, the non-zero modes of the fields are all cancelled out only when we take the c=1c=1 conformal matter field and impose the Neumann boundary condition on the system. The transition amplitude obtained obeys the minisuperspace Wheeler-DeWitt equation. In our treatment, the modular parameter on annulus plays the role of time variable to integrate out.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9312191,
  title  = {Wheeler-DeWitt Equation in Two-dimensional Quantum Gravity with $c=1$ Conformal Matter Field},
  author = {Atushi Ishikawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9312191},
  year   = {2009}
}

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