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Minimal String Theory
Nathan Seiberg, David Shih
We summarize recent progress in the understanding of minimal string theory, focusing on the worldsheet description of physical operators and D-branes. We review how a geometric int…
Exact vs. Semiclassical Target Space of the Minimal String
Juan Maldacena, Gregory Moore, Nathan Seiberg +1
We study both the classical and the quantum target space of (p,q) minimal string theory, using the FZZT brane as a probe. By thinking of the target space as the moduli space of FZZ…
The Linear Theory Power Spectrum from the Lyman-alpha Forest in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
P. McDonald, U. Seljak, R. Cen +12
We analyze the SDSS Ly-alpha forest P_F(k,z) measurement to determine the linear theory power spectrum. Our analysis is based on fully hydrodynamic simulations, extended using hydr…
Annulus Amplitudes and ZZ Branes in Minimal String Theory
David Kutasov, Kazumi Okuyama, Jongwon Park +2
We study the annulus amplitudes of (p,q) minimal string theory. Focusing on the ZZ-FZZT annulus amplitude as a target-space probe of the ZZ brane, we use it to confirm that the ZZ…
The Lyman-alpha Forest Power Spectrum from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Patrick McDonald, Uros Seljak, Scott Burles +8
We measure the power spectrum, P_F(k,z), of the transmitted flux in the Ly-alpha forest using 3035 high redshift quasar spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. This sample is al…
Branes, Rings and Matrix Models in Minimal (Super)string Theory
Nathan Seiberg, David Shih
We study both bosonic and supersymmetric (p,q) minimal models coupled to Liouville theory using the ground ring and the various branes of the theory. From the FZZT brane partition…