SLE and Quantum Gravity
Speaker:
Bertrand Duplantier, Paris-Saclay University
Date and Time:
Wednesday, September 21, 2005 - 4:30pm to 5:30pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
We present the elements of the approach to SLE via Quantum Gravity. The standard KPZ map is extended by duality to a map which commutes with the duality properties of the SLE(kappa) process. Quantum gravity equivalences between random paths in the standard plane are derived in this way, with applications to the SLE(kappa, rho) process, to contact exponents between paths, and to hiding exponents for Brownian paths and selfavoiding walks.