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Matrix Models and 2D String Theory
Emil J. Martinec
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…
An Index for 2D field theories with large N=4 superconformal symmetry
Sergei Gukov, Emil Martinec, Gregory Moore +1
We consider families of theories with large N=4 superconformal symmetry. We define an index generalizing the elliptic genus of theories with N=2 symmetry. In contrast to the N=2 ca…
A New Hat For The c=1 Matrix Model
M. R. Douglas, I. R. Klebanov, D. Kutasov +3
We consider two dimensional supergravity coupled to matter. This system can also be interpreted as noncritical type 0 string theory in a two dimensional target space. Af…
The Annular Report on Non-Critical String Theory
Emil J. Martinec
Recent results on the annulus partition function in Liouville field theory are applied to non-critical string theory, both below and above the critical dimension. Liouville gravity…
On Decay of K-theory
Emil J. Martinec, Gregory Moore
Closed string tachyon condensation resolves the singularities of nonsupersymmetric orbifolds, however the resolved space typically has fewer D-brane charges than that of the orbifo…
Defects, Decay, and Dissipated States
Emil J. Martinec
The worldsheet renormalization group approach to tachyon condensation in string theory is reviewed. The open string case is summarized with examples, and closed string tachyon cond…