29 July 2019 to 2 August 2019
Northeastern University
US/Eastern timezone

Long String Scattering in c=1 String Theory

29 Jul 2019, 16:00
20m
West Village G 106 (Northeastern University)

West Village G 106

Northeastern University

Oral Presentation Field & String Theory Field & String Theory

Speaker

Bruno Balthazar (Harvard University)

Description

We compute scattering amplitudes for long strings in c=1 string theory and in the dual matrix model. On the worldsheet side, the long string amplitudes are obtained from the boundary conformal field theory of open strings on FZZT branes, in a limit where the branes decouple. In particular, we compute tree-level amplitudes for a long string to emit a closed string, and for the 2-to-2 scattering of long strings. These are numerically matched to computations in the adjoint and bi-adjoint sectors of the dual matrix model, thereby providing strong evidence for the duality beyond the singlet sector.

Primary author

Bruno Balthazar (Harvard University)

Co-authors

Mr Victor Rodriguez (Harvard University) Prof. Xi Yin (Harvard University)

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