Operator Approach to Boundary Liouville Theory.pdf

HU-EP-07/65 Operator Approach to Boundary Liouville Theory 8 Harald Dorn a and George Jorjadze a, b 0 0 aInstitut f¨ur Physik der Humboldt-Universit¨at zu Berlin, 2 n Newtonstraße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany a b J Razmadze Mathematical Institute, 8 M.Aleksidze 1, 0193, Tbilisi, Georgia 2 ] h t - Abstract p e h We propose new methods for calculation of the discrete spectrum, the reflection [ amplitude and the correlation functions of boundary Liouville theory on a strip with 2 Lorentzian signature. They are based on the structure of the vertex operator V = e−ϕ v in terms of the asymptotic operators. The methods first are tested for the particle 6 dynamics in the Morse potential, where similar structures appear. Application of 0 2 our methods to boundary Liouville theory reproduces the known results obtained 3 earlier in the bootstrap approach, but there can arise a certain extension when the . 1 boundary parameters are near to critical values. Namely, in this case we have found 0 up to four different equidistant series of discrete spectra, and the reflection amplitude 8 0 is modified respectively. : v i X r a Keywords: Liouville theory, strings and branes, 2d conformal symmetry, boundary condi- tions, canonical quantization; PACS: 11.10. Ef; 11.10. Kk; 11.10. Lm; 11.25. Hf; 11.25. Pm; 11.25. -w; 1 1 Introduction