1994/02/28 by Makoto Natsuume, Joseph Polchinski · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0550-3213(94)90092-2
published as Nucl.Phys.B424:137-154,1994 · 20 pages + 2 figures (included as a uufile), LaTeX
arxiv created 1994/02/28 · openalex publication_date 1994/08/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The c=1 matrix model is equivalent to 1+1 dimensional string theory. However, the tachyon self-interaction in the former is local, while in the latter it is nonlocal due to the gravitational, dilaton and higher string fields. By studying scattering of classical pulses we show that the appropriate nonlocal field redefinition converts the local matrix model interaction into the expected string form. In particular, we see how the asymptotic behavior of the gravitational field appears in the scattering.