Peeling and Multi-critical Matter Coupled to Quantum Gravity
ArXiv hep-th/9911189 (1999)
Abstract:
We show how to determine the unknown functions arising when the peeling decomposition is applied to multi-critical matter coupled to two-dimensional quantum gravity and compute the loop-loop correlation functions. The results that $\eta=2+2/(2K-3)$ and $\nu=1-3/2K$ agree with the slicing decomposition, and satisfy Fisher scaling.Bottleneck Surfaces and Worldsheet Geometry of Higher-Curvature Quantum Gravity
ArXiv hep-th/9910195 (1999)
Abstract:
We describe a simple lattice model of higher-curvature quantum gravity in two dimensions and study the phase structure of the theory as a function of the curvature coupling. It is shown that the ensemble of flat graphs is entropically unstable to the formation of baby universes. In these simplified models the growth in graphs exhibits a branched polymer behaviour in the phase directly before the flattening transition.Bottleneck Surfaces and Worldsheet Geometry of Higher-Curvature Quantum Gravity
(1999)