Liouville field theory: A decade after the revolution

International Journal of Modern Physics A

Volumn 19, Issue 17-18, 2004, Pages 2771-2930

  Nakayama, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liouville theory; Matrix model; Noncritical string theory

Indexed keywords

BOSON; BULK DENSITY; CALCULATION; CONFORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FERMION; GRAVITY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICS; MOTION; OSCILLATION; PARAMETER; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STRESS; TEMPERATURE; VORTEX MOTION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 10844232556     PISSN: 0217751X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0217751X04019500     Document Type: Review

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