UNITARY AND HERMITIAN MATRICES IN AN EXTERNAL-FIELD .2. THE KONTSEVICH MODEL AND CONTINUUM VIRASORO CONSTRAINTS

被引:42
作者
GROSS, DJ
NEWMAN, MJ
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[1] Joseph Henry Laboratories, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0550-3213(92)90520-L
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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We give a simple derivation of the Virasoro constraints in the Kontsevich model, first derived by Witten. We generalize the method to a model of unitary matrices, for which we find a new set of Virasoro constraints. Finally we discuss the solution for symmetric matrices in an external field.
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页数:13
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