Multiple Ising spins coupled to 2-d quantum gravity

Apr, 1994
29 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 427 (1994) 111-138
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Report number:
  • OUTP-94-07-P

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Abstract:
We study a model in which p independent Ising spins are coupled to 2d quantum gravity (in the form of dynamical planar phi-cubed graphs). Consideration is given to the p tends to infinity limit in which the partition function becomes dominated by certain graphs; we identify most of these graphs. A truncated model is solved exactly providing information about the behaviour of the full model in the limit of small beta. Finally, we derive a bound for the critical value of the coupling constant, beta_c and examine the magnetization transition in the limit p tends to zero.
  • Ising model
  • quantum gravity
  • dimension: 2
  • phi**n model: 3
  • field theory: planar
  • partition function
  • matrix model
  • energy
  • fractal
  • critical phenomena