Dijkgraaf, Robbert and Gopakumar, Rajesh and Ooguri, Hirosi and Vafa, Cumrun (2006) Baby universes and string theory. International Journal of Modern Physics D, 15 (10). pp. 1581-1586. ISSN 0218-2718. doi:10.1142/S0218271806008978. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20110322-100922722
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Abstract
The description of 4D BPS black holes in terms of branes wrapped on various cycles in a Calabi-Yau space gives us the opportunity to study various issues in quantum gravity in a definite way by means of the worldvolume theory of the branes. In the particular example discussed here, there is a simple worldvolume description in terms of 2D Yang-Mills theory. The latter is an exactly solvable system of free fermions in one dimension. The exact answer for the free energy of this system can be written in a way that suggests an interpretation in terms of contributions from multiple (baby) universes.
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| Additional Information: | © 2006 World Scientific Publishing Company. R. Gopakumar would like to thank the organizers of the conference on "Einstein's Legacy in the New Millenium" (Puri, 2005) for inviting him to speak. He would also like to thank them for their hospitality and for organizing a very stimulating conference. | |||||||||
| Subject Keywords: | baby universes; Hartle-Hawking; 2D Yang-Mills; topological string | |||||||||
| Issue or Number: | 10 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1142/S0218271806008978 | |||||||||
| Record Number: | CaltechAUTHORS:20110322-100922722 | |||||||||
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| Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | |||||||||
| Deposited On: | 22 Mar 2011 21:56 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2021 16:10 |
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