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Exact solution of higher-derivative conformal theory and minimal models
Yuri Makeenko
I investigate the two-dimensional four-derivative conformal theory that emerges from the Nambu-Goto string after the path-integration over all fields but the metric tensor. Using t…
Singular products and universality in higher-derivative conformal theory
Yuri Makeenko
I investigate universality of the two-dimensional higher-derivative conformal theory using the method of singular products. The previous results for the central charge at one loop…
Pauli-Villars' regularization of ghosts in path-integral string formulation
Yuri Makeenko
I consider Pauli-Villars' regulators for the ghosts in the path-integral string formulation and show how they preserve conformal invariance. I calculate the regulator contributions…
Notes on conformal theory with nonprimary energy-momentum tensor that applies to the Nambu-Goto string
Yuri Makeenko
I investigate the higher-derivative conformal theory which shows how the Nambu-Goto and Polyakov strings can be told apart. Its energy-momentum tensor is conserved, traceless but d…
What Quantum Strings can tell us about Quantum Gravity
Yuri Makeenko
I describe the recent progress in resolving two problems of nonperturbative bosonic string inherited from 1980's. Both the lattice and KPZ-DDK no-go theorems can be bypassed thanks…
Opus on conformal symmetry of the Nambu-Goto versus Polyakov strings
Yuri Makeenko
I investigate the Nambu-Goto and Polyakov strings, accounting for higher-derivative terms in the emergent action for the metric tensor which are classically negligible for smooth m…