scholarly journals Multiple phases in a generalized Gross-Witten-Wadia matrix model

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge G. Russo ◽  
Miguel Tierz
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Characteristic Polynomial ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Phase Structure ◽  
Unitary Matrix ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Toeplitz Determinants ◽  
Dimensional Parameter ◽  
Planar Limit

Abstract We study a unitary matrix model of the Gross-Witten-Wadia type, extended with the addition of characteristic polynomial insertions. The model interpolates between solvable unitary matrix models and is the unitary counterpart of a deformed Cauchy ensemble. Exact formulas for the partition function and Wilson loops are given in terms of Toeplitz determinants and minors and large N results are obtained by using Szegö theorem with a Fisher-Hartwig singularity. In the large N (planar) limit with two scaled couplings, the theory exhibits a surprisingly intricate phase structure in the two-dimensional parameter space.

PHASE DIAGRAM AND ORTHOGONAL POLYNOMIALS IN MULTIPLE-WELL MATRIX MODELS

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (25) ◽  
pp. 4491-4515 ◽  
Author(s):  
OLAF LECHTENFELD ◽  
RASHMI RAY ◽  
ARUP RAY
Keyword(s):  
Phase Diagram ◽  
Orthogonal Polynomials ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Phase Structure ◽  
Saddle Points ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Potential Wells ◽  
Large N

We investigate a zero-dimensional Hermitian one-matrix model in a triple-well potential. Its tree-level phase structure is analyzed semiclassically as well as in the framework of orthogonal polynomials. Some multiple-arc eigenvalue distributions in the first method correspond to quasiperiodic large-N behavior of recursion coefficients for the second. We further establish this connection between the two approaches by finding three-arc saddle points from orthogonal polynomials. The latter require a modification for nondegenerate potential minima; we propose weighing the average over potential wells.

A COMPACT BOSON COUPLED TO TWO-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (15) ◽  
pp. 2743-2754 ◽  
Author(s):  
NORISUKE SAKAI ◽  
YOSHIAKI TANII
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Partition Functions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
The Continuum ◽  
Continuum Field

The radius dependence of partition functions is explicitly evaluated in the continuum field theory of a compactified boson, interacting with two-dimensional quantum gravity (noncritical string) on Riemann surfaces for the first few genera. The partition function for the torus is found to be a sum of terms proportional to R and 1/R. This is in agreement with the result of a discretized version (matrix models), but is quite different from the critical string. The supersymmetric case is also explicitly evaluated.

scholarly journals Quantum gravity as a multitrace matrix model

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (31) ◽  
pp. 1750180
Author(s):  
Badis Ydri ◽  
Cherine Soudani ◽  
Ahlam Rouag
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Large Class ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Topology Change ◽  
New Model ◽  
And Topology ◽  
Emergent Geometry

We present a new model of quantum gravity as a theory of random geometries given explicitly in terms of a multitrace matrix model. This is a generalization of the usual discretized random surfaces of two-dimensional quantum gravity which works away from two dimensions and captures a large class of spaces admitting a finite spectral triple. These multitrace matrix models sustain emergent geometry as well as growing dimensions and topology change.

β-DEFORMED MATRIX MODELS AND NEKRASOV PARTITION FUNCTION

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 92-100
Author(s):  
TAKESHI OOTA
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Theory ◽  
Partition Function ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
The Matrix

The β-deformed matrix models of Selberg type are introduced. They are exactly calculable by using the Macdonald-Kadell formula. With an appropriate choice of the integration contours and interactions, the partition function of the matrix model can be identified with the Nekrasov partition function for SU(2) gauge theory with Nf = 4. Known properties of good q-expansion basis for the matrix model are summarized.

scholarly journals Matrix models and deformations of JT gravity

2020 ◽  
Vol 476 (2244) ◽  
pp. 20200582
Author(s):  
Edward Witten
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Models ◽  
Path Integral ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Quantum Systems ◽  
Quantum Mechanical ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Quantum Mechanical System ◽  
Specific Procedure ◽  
Dimensional Theory ◽  
Specific Quantum

Recently, it has been found that Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity, which is a two-dimensional theory with bulk action − 1 / 2 ∫ d 2 x g ϕ ( R + 2 ) , is dual to a matrix model, that is, a random ensemble of quantum systems rather than a specific quantum mechanical system. In this article, we argue that a deformation of JT gravity with bulk action − 1 / 2 ∫ d 2 x g ( ϕ R + W ( ϕ ) ) is likewise dual to a matrix model. With a specific procedure for defining the path integral of the theory, we determine the density of eigenvalues of the dual matrix model. There is a simple answer if W (0) = 0, and otherwise a rather complicated answer.

CONTINUUM SCHWINGER-DYSON EQUATIONS AND UNIVERSAL STRUCTURES IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM GRAVITY

1991 ◽  
Vol 06 (08) ◽  
pp. 1385-1406 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASAFUMI FUKUMA ◽  
HIKARU KAWAI ◽  
RYUICHI NAKAYAMA
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
Quantum Gravity ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Square Root ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Kp Hierarchy ◽  
Kdv Hierarchy ◽  
The One ◽  
Matter Fields ◽  
The Continuum

We study the continuum Schwinger-Dyson equations for nonperturbative two-dimensional quantum gravity coupled to various matter fields. The continuum Schwinger-Dyson equations for the one-matrix model are explicitly derived and turn out to be a formal Virasoro condition on the square root of the partition function, which is conjectured to be the τ function of the KdV hierarchy. Furthermore, we argue that general multi-matrix models are related to the W algebras and suitable reductions of KP hierarchy and its generalizations.

scholarly journals UNITARY MATRIX INTEGRALS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE GENERALIZED KONTSEVICH MODEL

1996 ◽  
Vol 11 (28) ◽  
pp. 5031-5080 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. MIRONOV ◽  
A. MOROZOV ◽  
G. W. SEMENOFF
Keyword(s):  
Partition Function ◽  
External Field ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Strong Coupling ◽  
Weak Coupling ◽  
Unitary Matrix ◽  
Simple Method ◽  
Generating Functional ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Matrix Integrals

We advocate a new approach to the study of unitary matrix models in external fields which emphasizes their relationship to generalized Kontsevich models (GKM's) with nonpolynomial potentials. For example, we show that the partition function of the Brezin–Gross–Witten model (BGWM), which is defined as an integral over unitary N × N matrices, [Formula: see text], can also be considered as a GKM with potential [Formula: see text]. Moreover, it can be interpreted as the generating functional for correlators in the Penner model. The strong and weak coupling phases of the BGWM are identified with the "character" (weak coupling) and "Kontsevich" (strong coupling) phases of the GKM, respectively. This type of GKM deserves classification as a p = −2 model (i.e. c = 28 or c = −2) when in the Kontsevich phase. This approach allows us to further identify the Harish-Chandra–Itzykson–Zuber integral with a peculiar GKM, which arises in the study of c = 1, theory, and, further, with a conventional two-matrix model which is rewritten in Miwa coordinates. Some further extensions of the GKM treatment which are inspired by the unitary matrix models which we have considered are also developed. In particular, as a by-product, a new, simple method of fixing the Ward identities for matrix models in an external field is presented.

PHASE STRUCTURE OF UNITARY MATRIX MODELS

1990 ◽  
Vol 05 (14) ◽  
pp. 1147-1158 ◽  
Author(s):  
GAUTAM MANDAL
Keyword(s):  
String Theory ◽  
Spectral Density ◽  
Matrix Models ◽  
Critical Behavior ◽  
Phase Structure ◽  
Unitary Matrix ◽  
Multiple Phase ◽  
Gap Phase ◽  
The One ◽  
Polynomial Potentials

We investigate unitary one-matrix models described by polynomial potentials. We find many different phases of these models at strong, weak and intermediate couplings characterized by multiple gaps in the spectral density. The one-gap phase is studied in detail and it shows multi-critical behavior with γ = −1/m. The multiple-phase structure may have implications for the phases of string theory.

INTEGRABLE STRUCTURES OF UNITARY MATRIX MODELS

1992 ◽  
Vol 07 (20) ◽  
pp. 4803-4824 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. KHARCHEV ◽  
A. MIRONOV
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Models ◽  
Matrix Model ◽  
Toda Lattice ◽  
Discrete Analog ◽  
Unitary Matrix ◽  
Component Systems ◽  
Unitary Model ◽  
Two Component Systems ◽  
Hermitian Matrix Model ◽  
Toda Lattice Hierarchy

The unitary matrix model is considered from the viewpoint of integrability. We demonstrate that this is an integrable system embedded into a two-dimensional Toda lattice hierarchy which corresponds to an integrable chain (modified Volterra) under a special reduction. The interrelations between this chain and other chains (like the Toda one) are demonstrated to be given by Bäcklund transformations. The case of the symmetric unitary model is discussed in detail and demonstrated to be connected with the Hermitian matrix model. This connection as a discrete analog of the correspondence between KdV and MKdV systems is investigated more thoroughly. We also demonstrate that unitary matrix models can be considered as two-component systems as well.

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