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arxiv: hep-th/9312191 · v2 · submitted 1993-12-24 · ✦ hep-th

Wheeler-DeWitt Equation in Two-dimensional Quantum Gravity with c=1 Conformal Matter Field

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords conformalfieldmatteramplitudeannulusequationfieldsquantum
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In the context of two-dimensional quantum cosmology, we consider the path-integral of a string on annulus which contains the Liouville field and conformal matter fields. We show that, in the transition amplitude of the string universe, the non-zero modes of the fields are all cancelled out only when we take the $c=1$ conformal matter field and impose the Neumann boundary condition on the system. The transition amplitude obtained obeys the minisuperspace Wheeler-DeWitt equation. In our treatment, the modular parameter on annulus plays the role of time variable to integrate out.

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