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Matrix model and time-like linear dilaton matter

Tadashi Takayanagi1

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We consider a matrix model description of the 2d string theory whose matter part is given by a time-like linear dilaton CFT. This is equivalent to the c = 1 matrix model with a deformed, but very simple Fermi surface. Indeed, after a Lorentz transformation, the corresponding 2d spacetime is a conventional linear dilaton background with a time-dependent tachyon field. We show that the tree level scattering amplitudes in the matrix model perfectly agree with those computed in the world-sheet theory. The classical trajectories of fermions correspond to the decaying D-branes in the time-like linear dilaton CFT. We also discuss the ground ring structure. Furthermore, we study the properties of the time-like Liouville theory by applying this matrix model description. We find that its ground ring structure is very similar to that of the minimal string.


Keywords

Tachyon Condensation

Matrix Models

2D Gravity

Conformal Field Models in String Theory

 

E-print Number: hep-th/0411019

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PACS

11.25.Yb M theory

11.25.Uv D branes

11.25.Hf Conformal field theory, algebraic structures

14.80.-j Other particles (including hypothetical)

11.27.+d Extended classical solutions; cosmic strings, domain walls, texture

Subjects

Particle physics and field theory

Dates

Issue 12 (December 2004)

Received 18 November 2004, accepted for publication 30 December 2004

Published 20 January 2005



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