2006/01/19 by David S. Berman, Malcolm J. Perry · 14 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Biology #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Combinatorics #Dilaton #Genus #Mathematics #Non-critical string theory #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Particle physics #Partition function (quantum field theory) #Physics #Quantum #Quantum gravity #Quantum many-body systems #Quantum mechanics #Relationship between string theory and quantum field theory #String (physics) #String field theory #String theory #Theoretical physics #Topology (electrical circuits) #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2006.02.038
published in Physics Letters B 635(2-3), 131-135 (Elsevier BV) · 12 pages, latex
arxiv created 2006/01/19 · openalex publication_date 2006/02/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The partition function of the membrane is investigated. In particular, the case relevant to perturbative string theory of a membrane with topology S1 × Σ is examined. The coupling between the string world sheet Euler character and the dilaton is shown to arise from a careful treatment of the membrane partition function measure. This demonstrates that the M-theory origin of the dilaton coupling to the string world sheet is quantum in nature.