Solvable models of quantum black holes: a review on Jackiw–Teitelboim gravity

TG Mertens, GJ Turiaci - Living Reviews in Relativity, 2023 - Springer
We review recent developments in Jackiw–Teitelboim gravity. This is a simple solvable
model of quantum gravity in two dimensions (that arises eg from the s-wave sector of higher …

2D gravity and random matrices

P Di Francesco, P Ginsparg, J Zinn-Justin - Physics Reports, 1995 - Elsevier
We review recent progress in 2D gravity coupled to d< 1 conformal matter, based on a
representation of discrete gravity in terms of random matrices. We discuss the saddle point …

JT gravity as a matrix integral

P Saad, SH Shenker, D Stanford - arxiv preprint arxiv:1903.11115, 2019 - arxiv.org
We present exact results for partition functions of Jackiw-Teitelboim (JT) gravity on two-
dimensional surfaces of arbitrary genus with an arbitrary number of boundaries. The …

[PDF][PDF] Quantum Gravity

C Rovelli - 2004 - 117.250.119.200
Quantum gravity poses the problem of merging quantum mechanics and general relativity,
the two great conceptual revolutions in the physics of the twentieth century. The loop and …

[BOOK][B] String theory and M-theory: A modern introduction

K Becker, M Becker, JH Schwarz - 2006 - books.google.com
String theory is one of the most exciting and challenging areas of modern theoretical
physics. This book guides the reader from the basics of string theory to recent developments …

Intersection theory on the moduli space of curves and the matrix Airy function

M Kontsevich - Communications in Mathematical Physics, 1992 - Springer
Intersection theory on the moduli space of curves and the matrix airy function Page 1 Commun.
Math. Phys. 147, 1-23 (1992) Communications in Mathematical Physics 9 Springer-Verlag 1992 …

Two-dimensional gravity and intersection theory on moduli space

E Witten - The Large N Expansion In Quantum Field Theory And …, 1993 - World Scientific
These are notes based on two lectures given at the Conference on Geometry and Topology
(Harvard University, April 1990). The first was mainly devoted to explaining a conjecture …

The path integral of 3D gravity near extremality; or, JT gravity with defects as a matrix integral

H Maxfield, GJ Turiaci - Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021 - Springer
A bstract We propose that a class of new topologies, for which there is no classical solution,
should be included in the path integral of three-dimensional pure gravity, and that their …

Conformal bootstrap in Liouville field theory

A Zamolodchikov, A Zamolodchikov - Nuclear Physics B, 1996 - Elsevier
We consider the recently proposed analytic expression for the three-point function in the
Liouville field theory on a sphere. It is verified that in the classical limit this expression …

On the structure of the topological phase of two-dimensional gravity

E Witten - Nuclear Physics B, 1990 - Elsevier
The topological phase of two-dimensional gravity is re-examined. The correlation functions
of the naturally occuring operators in the minimal topological model are computed, using …