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On an Airy matrix model with a logarithmic potential

Mathematical Physics 2015-05-30 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

The Kontsevich-Penner model, an Airy matrix model with a logarithmic potential, may be derived from a simple Gaussian two-matrix model through a duality. In this dual version the Fourier transforms of the n-point correlation functions can be computed in closed form. Using Virasoro constraints, we find that in addition to the parameters tnt_n, which appears in the KdV hierarchies, one needs to introduce here half-integer indices tn/2t_{n/2} . The free energy as a function of those parameters may be obtained from these Virasoro constraints. The large N limit follows from the solution to an integral equation. This leads to explicit computations for a number of topological invariants.

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@article{arxiv.1108.1958,
  title  = {On an Airy matrix model with a logarithmic potential},
  author = {E. Brezin and S. Hikami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.1958},
  year   = {2015}
}

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35 pages

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