ZZ instantons and the non-perturbative dual of c = 1 string theory
ZZ instantons and the non-perturbative dual of c = 1 string theory
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ZZ 瞬子和 c = 1 弦理论的非微扰对偶
DOI:
10.1007/jhep05(2023)048
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
Xi Yin
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作者:
Bruno Balthazar;V. Rodríguez;Xi Yin
We study the effect of ZZ instantons in c = 1 string theory, and demonstrate that they give rise to non-perturbative corrections to scattering amplitudes that do not saturate unitarity within the closed string sector. Beyond the leading non-perturbative order, logarithmic divergences are canceled between worldsheet diagrams of different topologies, due to the Fischler-Susskind-Polchinski mechanism. We propose that the closed string vacuum in c = 1 string theory is non-perturbatively dual to a state of the matrix quantum mechanics in which all scattering states up to a given energy with no incoming flux from the “other side” of the potential are occupied by free fermions. Under such a proposal, we find detailed agreement of non-perturbative corrections to closed string amplitudes in the worldsheet description and in the dual matrix model.