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Yu. Makeenko

Publications and source records attributed to Yu. Makeenko.

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arXiv1999

Screening and D-brane Dynamics in Finite Temperature Superstring Theory

The thermal dynamics of D-branes and of open superstrings in background gauge fields is studied. It is shown that D-brane dynamics forbids constant velocity motion at finite temperature. T-duality is used to interpret this feature as a consequence of the absence of an equilibrium state of charged strings at finite temperature in a constant background electric field, as a result of Debye screening of electric fields. The effective action for the Polyakov loop operator is computed and the corresponding screening solutions are described. The finite temperature theory is also used to illustrate the importance of carefully incorporating Wu-Yang terms into the string path integral for compact target spaces.

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arXiv1996

Applications of Supersymmetric Matrix Models

Matrix models have wide applications in nuclear theory, condensed matter theory and quantum field theory. I discuss supersymmetric extensions of matrix models and their applications to branched polymers, the meander problem, and superstrings in lower dimensions.

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arXiv1994

Threshold Multiparticle Amplitudes in Phi^4 Theories at Large N

I review some recent work on the problem of multiparticle production in a phi^4-theory with an O(N) symmetry. Threshold amplitudes with fixed number of produced particles are exactly calculated at large-N to all loops and vanish on mass shell for 2->n when n>2 due to a dynamical symmetry. I consider an extension to the cases when the O(N) symmetry is softly broken by masses including spontaneous breaking of a remaining reflection symmetry. The exact solutions are obtained by the Gelfand--Dikii technique of finding the diagonal resolvent of the Schrodinger operator which emerges due to factorization at large N. I report also some new results on the diagonal resolvent for a general Poschl--Teller potential, which could be useful for calculations of multiparticle amplitudes in the standard model.

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arXiv1994

Critical Scaling and Continuum Limits in the D>1 Kazakov-Migdal Model

I investigate the Kazakov-Migdal (KM) model -- the Hermitean gauge-invariant matrix model on a D-dimensional lattice. I utilize an exact large-N solution of the KM model with a logarithmic potential to examine its critical behavior. I find critical lines associated with gamma_{string}=-1/2 and gamma_{string}=0 as well as a tri-critical point associated with a Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition. The continuum theories are constructed expanding around the critical points. The one associated with gamma_{string}=0 coincides with the standard d=1 string while the Kosterlitz-Thouless phase transition separates it from that with gamma_{string}=-1/2 which is indistinguishable from pure 2D gravity for local observables but has a continuum limit for correlators of extended Wilson loops at large distances due to a singular behavior of the Itzykson-Zuber correlator of the gauge fields. I reexamine the KM model with an arbitrary potential in the large-D limit and show that it reduces at large N to a one-matrix model whose potential is determined self-consistently. A relation with discretized random surfaces is established via the gauged Potts model which is equivalent to the KM model at large N providing the coordination numbers coincide.

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arXiv1994

Exact Multiparticle Amplitudes at Threshold in Large-N Component phi^4 Theory

I derive the set of recurrence relations between the amplitudes of multiparticle production at threshold in the standard large-N limit of the O(N)-symmetric phi^4$ theory which sums all relevant diagrams with arbitrary number of loops. I find an exact solution to the recurrence relations using the Gelfand--Dikii representation of the diagonal resolvent of the Schrodinger operator. The result coincides with the tree amplitudes while the effect of loops is the renormalization of the coupling constant and mass. The form of the solution is due to the fact that the exact amplitude of the process 2->n at n>2 vanishes on mass shell when averaged over the O(N)-indices of incoming particles for dynamical reasons because of the cancellation between diagrams. I discuss some possible applications of large-N amplitudes, in particular, for the renormalon problem.

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arXiv1994

Generalized Penner models to all genera

We give a complete description of the genus expansion of the one-cut solution to the generalized Penner model. The solution is presented in a form which allows us in a very straightforward manner to localize critical points and to investigate the scaling behaviour of the model in the vicinity of these points. We carry out an analysis of the critical behaviour to all genera addressing all types of multi-critical points. In certain regions of the coupling constant space the model must be defined via analytical continuation. We show in detail how this works for the Penner model. Using analytical continuation it is possible to reach the fermionic 1-matrix model. We show that the critical points of the fermionic 1-matrix model can be indexed by an integer, $m$, as it was the case for the ordinary hermitian 1-matrix model. Furthermore the $m$'th multi-critical fermionic model has to all genera the same value of $γ_{str}$ as the $m$'th multi-critical hermitian model. However, the coefficients of the topological expansion need not be the same in the two cases. We show explicitly how it is possible with a fermionic matrix model to reach a $m=2$ multi-critical point for which the topological expansion has alternating signs, but otherwise coincides with the usual Painlevé expansion.

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arXiv1993

Matrix Models of 2D Gravity and Induced QCD

I review some recent works on the Hermitean one-matrix and d-dimensional gauge-invariant matrix models. Special attention is paid to solving the models at large-N by the loop equations. For the one-matrix model the main result concerns calculations of higher genera, while for the d-dimensional model the large-N solution for a logarithmic potential is described. Some results on fermionic matrix models are briefly reviewed. Talk at the Workshop on Quantum Field Theoretical Aspects of High Energy Physics, Kyffhaeuser, Germany, September 20-24, 1993

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arXiv1993

Adjoint Fermion Matrix Models

We study fermionic one-matrix, two-matrix and $D$-dimensional gauge invariant matrix models. In all cases we derive loop equations which unambiguously determine the large-$N$ solution. For the one-matrix case the solution is obtained for an arbitrary interaction potential and turns out to be equivalent to the one for the Hermitean one-matrix model with a logarithmic potential and, therefore, belongs to the same universality class. The explicit solutions for the fermionic two-matrix and $D$-dimensional matrix models are obtained at large $N$ (or in the spherical approximation) for the quadratic potential.

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arXiv1993

Some Remarks About the Two-Matrix Penner Model and the Kazakov-Migdal Model

I consider the Hermitean two-matrix model with a logarithmic potential which is associated in the one-matrix case with the Penner model. Using loop equations I find an explicit solution of the model at large N (or in the spherical approximation) and demonstrate that it solves the corresponding Riemann-Hilbert problem. I construct the potential of the Kazakov-Migdal model on a D-dimensional lattice, which turns out to be a sum of two logarithms as well, whose large-N solution is given by the same formulas. In the "naive" continuum limit this potential recovers in D<4 dimensions the standard scalar theory with quartic self-interaction. I exploit the solution to calculate explicitly the pair correlator of gauge fields in the Kazakov-Migdal model with the logarithmic potential.

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arXiv1993

Correlators of the Kazakov-Migdal Model

We derive loop equations for the one-link correlators of gauge and scalar fields in the Kazakov-Migdal model. These equations determine the solution of the model in the large N limit and are similar to analogous equations for the Hermitean two-matrix model. We give an explicit solution of the equations for the case of a Gaussian, quadratic potential. We also show how similar calculations in a non-Gaussian case reduce to purely algebraic equations.

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arXiv1993

An Exact Solution of Induced Large-N Lattice Gauge Theory at Strong Coupling

I show that the strong coupling solution of the Kazakov--Migdal model with a general interaction potential $V(Φ)$ in $D$ dimensions coincides at large $N$ with that of the hermitean one-matrix model with the potential $\tilde{V}(Φ)$: $$ (2D-1)\tilde{V}'= (D-1)V'+ D\sqrt{(V')^2+4(1-2D)Φ^2}, $$ whose solution is known. The proof is given for an even potential $V(Φ)=V(-Φ)$ by solving loop equations.

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arXiv1993

Matrix Models of Induced Large-N QCD

I review recent works on the problem of inducing large-N QCD by matrix fields. In the first part of the talk I describe the matrix models which induce large-N QCD and present the results of studies of their phase structure by the standard lattice technology (in particular, by the mean field method). The second part is devoted to the exact solution of these models in the strong coupling region by means of the loop equations.

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arXiv1993

Matrix Model Calculations beyond the Spherical Limit

We propose an improved iterative scheme for calculating higher genus contributions to the multi-loop (or multi-point) correlators and the partition function of the hermitian one matrix model. We present explicit results up to genus two. We develop a version which gives directly the result in the double scaling limit and present explicit results up to genus four. Using the latter version we prove that the hermitian and the complex matrix model are equivalent in the double scaling limit and that in this limit they are both equivalent to the Kontsevich model. We discuss how our results away from the double scaling limit are related to the structure of moduli space.

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arXiv1992

Adjoint Fermions Induce QCD

We propose to induce QCD by fermions in the adjoint representation of the gauge group SU(N_c) on the lattice. We consider various types of lattice fermions: chiral, Kogut--Susskind and Wilson ones. Using the mean field method we show that a first order large-N phase transition occurs with decreasing fermion mass. We conclude, therefore, that adjoint fermions induce QCD. We draw the same conclusion for the adjoint scalar or fermion models at large number of flavors N_f when they induce a single-plaquette lattice gauge theory. We find an exact strong coupling solution for the adjoint fermion model and show it is quite similar to that for the Kazakov--Migdal model with the quadratic potential. We discuss the possibility for the adjoint fermion model to be solvable at N_c=\infty in the weak coupling region where the Wilson loops obey normal area law.

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arXiv1992

Large-N Reduction, Master Field and Loop Equations in Kazakov-Migdal Model

I study the large-N reduction a la Eguchi--Kawai in the Kazakov--Migdal lattice gauge model. I show that both quenching and twisting prescriptions lead to the coordinate-independent master field. I discuss properties of loop averages in reduced as well as unreduced models and demonstrate those coincide in the large mass expansion. I derive loop equations for the Kazakov--Migdal model at large N and show they are reduced for the quadratic potential to a closed set of two equations. I find an exact strong coupling solution of these equations for any D and extend the result to a more general interacting potential.

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arXiv1992

The Problem of Large-N Phase Transition in Kazakov-Migdal Model of Induced QCD

We study the lattice gauge model proposed recently by Kazakov and Migdal for inducing QCD. We discuss an extra local Z_N which is a symmetry of the model and propose of how to construct observables. We discuss the role of the large-N phase transition which should occur before the one associated with the continuum limit in order that the model describes continuum QCD. We formulate the mean field approach to study the large-N phase transition for an arbitrary potential and show that no first order phase transition occurs for the quadratic potential.

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arXiv1992

Higher Genus Correlators from the Hermitian One-Matrix Model

We develop an iterative algorithm for the genus expansion of the hermitian $N\times N$ one-matrix model ( = the Penner model in an external field). By introducing moments of the external field, we prove that the genus $g$ contribution to the $m$-loop correlator depends only on $3g-2+m$ lower moments ($3g-2$ for the partition function). We present the explicit results for the partition function and the one-loop correlator in genus one. We compare the correlators for the hermitian one-matrix model with those at zero momenta for $c=1$ CFT and show an agreement of the one-loop correlators for genus zero.

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arXiv1992

A Hint on the External Field Problem for Matrix Models

We reexamine the external field problem for $N\times N$ hermitian one-matrix models. We prove an equivalence of the models with the potentials $\tr{({1/over2N}X^2 + \log X - ΛX)}$ and $\sum_{k=1}^\infty t_k\tr{X^k}$ providing the matrix $Λ$ is related to $\{t_k\}$ by $t_k=\fr 1k \tr{Λ^{-k}}-\frac N2 δ_{k2}$. Based on this equivalence we formulate a method for calculating the partition function by solving the Schwinger--Dyson equations order by order of genus expansion. Explicit calculations of the partition function and of correlators of conformal operators with the puncture operator are presented in genus one. These results support the conjecture that our models are associated with the $c=1$ case in the same sense as the Kontsevich model describes $c=0$.

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