Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2003-06-11
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
We consider random topologies of surfaces generated by cubic interactions. Such surfaces arise in various contexts in 2-dimensional quantum gravity and as world-sheets in string theory. Our results are most conveniently expressed in terms of a parameter h = n/2 + \chi, where n is the number of interaction vertices and \chi is the Euler characteristic of the surface. Simulations and results for similar models suggest that Ex[h] = log (3n) + \gamma + O(1/n) and Var[h] = log (3n) + \gamma - \pi^2/6 + O(1/n). We prove rigourously that Ex[h] = log n + O(1) and Var[h] = O(log n). We also derive results concerning a number of other characteristics of the topology of these random surfaces.
Pippenger Nicholas
Schleich Kristin
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