TY - JOUR
T1 - Random surfaces and lattice gravity
AU - Bowick, Mark
N1 - Funding Information:
*Research supported by the Department of Energy U.S.A under Contract No. DE-FG02-85ER40237 and by Syracuse University.
PY - 1998/4
Y1 - 1998/4
N2 - In this talk I review some of the recent developments in the field of random surfaces and the Dynamical Triangulation approach to simplicial quantum gravity. In two dimensions I focus on the c = 1 barrier and the fractal dimension of two-dimensional quantum gravity coupled to matter with emphasis on the comparison of analytic predictions and numerical simulations. Next is a survey of the current understanding in 3 and 4 dimensions. This is followed by a discussion of some problems in the statistical mechanics of membranes. Finally I conclude with a list of problems for the future.
AB - In this talk I review some of the recent developments in the field of random surfaces and the Dynamical Triangulation approach to simplicial quantum gravity. In two dimensions I focus on the c = 1 barrier and the fractal dimension of two-dimensional quantum gravity coupled to matter with emphasis on the comparison of analytic predictions and numerical simulations. Next is a survey of the current understanding in 3 and 4 dimensions. This is followed by a discussion of some problems in the statistical mechanics of membranes. Finally I conclude with a list of problems for the future.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0920-5632(97)00699-3
DO - 10.1016/S0920-5632(97)00699-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032044236
SN - 0920-5632
VL - 63
SP - 77
EP - 88
JO - Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
JF - Nuclear Physics B - Proceedings Supplements
IS - 1-3
ER -