2D quantum gravity on compact Riemann surfaces and two-loop partition function: A first principles approach

We study two-dimensional quantum gravity on arbitrary genus Riemann surfaces in the Kähler formalism where the basic quantum field is the (Laplacian of the) Kähler potential. We do a careful first-principles computation of the fixed-area partition function Z[A] up to and including all two-loop contr...

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Main Authors: Adel Bilal, Laetitia Leduc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Nuclear Physics B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0550321315001595