Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 38, No. 13, December 2007, page 3993


ZZ Branes from a Worldsheet Perspective

J. Ambjorn, J.A. Gesser

We show how non-compact space-time (ZZ branes) emerges as a limit of compact space-time (FZZT branes) for specific ratios between the square of the boundary cosmological constant and the bulk cosmological constant in the (2,2m - 1) minimal model coupled to two-dimensional Euclidean quantum gravity. Furthermore, we show that the principal (r,s) ZZ brane can be viewed as the basic (1,1) ZZ boundary state tensored with a (r,s) Cardy boundary state for a general (p,q) minimal model coupled to two-dimensional quantum gravity. In this sense there exists only one ZZ boundary state, the basic (1,1) boundary state.

PACS numbers: 11.25.Pm, 11.25.Hf, 04.60.Nc, 04.60.--m



 
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