A modified c=1 matrix model with new critical behavior

Abstract

By introducing a $\int dt \, g\left(\Tr Φ^2(t)\right)^2$ term into the action of the $c=1$ matrix model of two-dimensional quantum gravity, we find a new critical behavior for random surfaces. The planar limit of the path integral generates multiple spherical ``bubbles'' which touch one another at single points. At a special value of $g$, the sum over connected surfaces behaves as ${\Delta }^2\log \Delta$, where $\Delta$ is the cosmological constant (the sum over surfaces of area $A$ goes as $A^{-3}$). For comparison, in the conventional $c=1$ model the sum over planar surfaces behaves as ${\Delta }^2/\log \Delta$.

11 pages, 2 figures (uuencoded postscript files), PUPT-1479

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