Type

Text

Type

Dissertation

Advisor

Takhtajan, Leon | Grushevsky, Samuel | Varolin, Dror | Rocek, Martin.

Date

2012-08-01

Keywords

Mathematics | elliptic functions, instanton, partition function, torus

Department

Department of Mathematics

Language

en_US

Source

This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71452

Publisher

The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.

Format

application/pdf

Abstract

The partition function for the free theory of CP1-valued fields on a flat two-dimensional torus is studied. The partition function localizes to an infinite series of finite-dimensional integrals over the spaces of holomorphic and anti-holomorphic functions of fixed topological degree. The partition function measure on each of these spaces is computed explicitly, with respect to coordinates given by the zeroes and poles of the maps. Finally, the convergence properties of each of the integrals is discussed. | 89 pages

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