Published September 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Flux-vacua in two dimensional string theory

  • 1. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540 (United States)

Description

We analyze the two dimensional type 0 theory with background RR-fluxes. Both the 0A and the 0B theory have two distinct fluxes q and q-tilde . We study these two theories at finite temperature (compactified on a euclidean circle of radius R) as a function of the fluxes, the tachyon condensate μ and the radius R. Surprisingly, the dependence on q, q-tilde and μ is rather simple. The partition function is the absolute value square of a holomorphic function of y = vertical bar q vertical bar + vertical bar q-tilde vertical bar +i(2α')1/2μ (up to a simple but interesting correction). As expected, the 0A and the 0B answers are related by T-duality. Our answers are derived using the exact matrix models description of these systems and are interpreted in the low energy spacetime lagrangian

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/1126-6708/2005/i=09/a=077/jhep092005077.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of High Energy Physics (ISSN 1029-8479) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
2005
Journal Issue
09
Journal Page Range
p. 077
ISSN
1126-6708