Matrix Models and 2D String Theory
arXiv:hep-th/0410136
Abstract
String theory in two-dimensional spacetime illuminates two main threads of recent development in string theory: (1) Open/closed string duality, and (2) Tachyon condensation. In two dimensions, many aspects of these phenomena can be explored in a setting where exact calculations can be performed. These lectures review the basic aspects of this system.
55 pages, 15 figures. Lectures given at the summer school "Applications of Random Matrices in Physics", les Houches; and the Summer School on Strings, Gravity & Cosmology, Univ. of British Columbia
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