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For $0<\gamma<2$ and $\delta>0$, we consider the Liouville graph distance, which is the minimal number of Euclidean balls of $\gamma$-Liouville quantum gravity measure at most $\delta$ whose union contains a continuous path between two…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-10-08 Jian Ding , Alexander Dunlap

We show that for each $\gamma \in (0,2)$, there is a unique metric (i.e., distance function) associated with $\gamma$-Liouville quantum gravity (LQG). More precisely, we show that for the whole-plane Gaussian free field (GFF) $h$, there is…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-07-23 Ewain Gwynne , Jason Miller

Nielsen's geometric approach offers a powerful framework for quantifying the complexity of unitary transformations. In this formulation, complexity is defined as the length of the minimal geodesic in a suitably constructed geometric space…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-18 Satyaki Chowdhury , Jakub Mielczarek

First passage percolation (FPP) on $\mathbb{Z}^d$ or $\mathbb{R}^d$ is a canonical model of a random metric space where the standard Euclidean geometry is distorted by random noise. Of central interest is the length and the geometry of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-07-27 Riddhipratim Basu , Manan Bhatia , Shirshendu Ganguly

This thesis is driven by a central question: "What can we learn from random geometries about the structure of quantum spacetime?" In Chapter 2, we provide a partial review of the mathematical foundation of this thesis, random geometry. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-30 Alicia Castro

We study circuit complexity for a free vector field of a $U(1)$ gauge theory in Coulomb gauge, and Gaussian states. We introduce a quantum circuit model with Gaussian states, including reference and target states. Using the Nielsen's…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-15 Amir Moghimnejad , Shahrokh Parvizi

Random fields are mathematical structures used to model the spatial interaction of random variables along time, with applications ranging from statistical physics and thermodynamics to system's biology and the simulation of complex systems.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Alexandre L. M. Levada

We endow the $\sqrt{8/3}$-Liouville quantum gravity sphere with a metric space structure and show that the resulting metric measure space agrees in law with the Brownian map. Recall that a Liouville quantum gravity sphere is a priori…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-04-20 Jason Miller , Scott Sheffield

Within the framework of string field theory the intrinsic Hausdorff dimension d_H of the ensemble of surfaces in two-dimensional quantum gravity has recently been claimed to be 2m for the class of unitary minimal models (p = m+1,q = m).…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Bowick , V. John , G. Thorleifsson

Geometric properties of lattice quantum gravity in two dimensions are studied numerically via Monte Carlo on Euclidean Dynamical Triangulations. A new computational method is proposed to simulate gravity coupled with fermions, which allows…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2022-12-15 Mattia Varrone , William E V Barker

Originating in theoretical physics, Liouville quantum gravity (LQG) has been an important topic in probability theory and mathematical physics in the past two decades. In this proceeding, we review two aspects of this topic. The first is…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Nina Holden , Xin Sun

The vacuum correlations of the gravitational field are highly non-trivial to be defined and computed, as soon as their arguments and indices do not belong to a background but become dynamical quantities. Their knowledge is essential however…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 G. Modanese

Let $h$ be the planar Gaussian free field and let $D_h$ be a supercritical Liouville quantum gravity (LQG) metric associated with $h$. Such metrics arise as subsequential scaling limits of supercritical Liouville first passage percolation…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Jian Ding , Ewain Gwynne

We calculate a class of two-point boundary correlators in 2D quantum gravity using its microscopic realization as loop gas on a random surface. We find a perfect agreement with the two-point boundary correlation function in Liouville…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-05 Ivan K. Kostov

Liouville quantum gravity (LQG) surfaces are a family of random fractal surfaces which can be thought of as the canonical models of random two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds, in the same sense that Brownian motion is the canonical model…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Ewain Gwynne

There is a substantial literature concerning Liouville quantum gravity (LQG) in two dimensions with conformal matter field of central charge ${\mathbf{c}}_{\mathrm M}\in(-\infty,1]$. Via the DDK ansatz, LQG can equivalently be described as…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-02-19 Ewain Gwynne , Nina Holden , Joshua Pfeffer , Guillaume Remy

We study the boundary correlation functions in Liouville theory and in solvable statistical models of 2D quantum gravity. In Liouville theory we derive functional identities for all fundamental boundary structure constants, similar to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-05 Ivan K. Kostov , Benedicte Ponsot , Didina Serban

We present evidence that a nonperturbative model of quantum gravity defined via Euclidean dynamical triangulations contains a region in parameter space with an extended 4-dimensional geometry when a non-trivial measure term is included in…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2012-04-05 Daniel Coumbe , Jack Laiho

Classical geometry can be described either in terms of a metric tensor $g_{ab}(x)$ or in terms of the geodesic distance $\sigma^2(x,x')$. Recent work, however, has shown that the geodesic distance is better suited to describe the quantum…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-20 T. Padmanabhan

The purpose of this article is threefold. First, we show that when one explores a conformal loop ensemble of parameter $\kappa=4$ ($\mathrm{CLE}_4$) on an independent $2$-Liouville quantum gravity ($2$-LQG) disk, the surfaces which are cut…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Emmanuel Kammerer