Non-perturbative effects in matrix models and D-branes
by Alexandrov, Serguei
Abstract
We study non-perturbative effects in non-critical string theory
using its CFT and matrix model formulations.
These effects are related with localized D-branes in
Liouville Theory. We analyze this correspondence
in a number of different cases: unitary minimal models
coupled to Liouville, where we compare the continuum
analysis to the matrix model results, and compact c=1
CFT coupled to Liouville in the presence of a condensate
of winding modes, where we derive the matrix model
prediction and compare it to Liouville theory.
In both cases we find agreement between the
two approaches.
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