Matrix Models and 2D String Theory
Abstract
String theory in two-dimensional spacetime illuminates two main threads of recent development in string theory: (1) Open/closed string duality, and (2) Tachyon condensation. In two dimensions, many aspects of these phenomena can be explored in a setting where exact calculations can be performed. These lectures review the basic aspects of this system.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- October 2004
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/0410136
- Bibcode:
- 2004hep.th...10136M
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 55 pages, 15 figures. Lectures given at the summer school "Applications of Random Matrices in Physics", les Houches