Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5106 - 5109 (2000)Integrable Structure of Interface Dynamics |
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Mark Mineev-Weinstein
Theoretical Division, MS-B213, LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
Paul B. Wiegmann
James Franck Institute and Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago, 5640 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637
and Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia
Anton Zabrodin
Joint Institute of Chemical Physics, Kosygina Street 4, 117334, Moscow, Russia
and ITEP, 117259, Moscow, Russia
Received 10 January 2000
We establish the equivalence of 2D contour dynamics to the dispersionless limit of the integrable Toda hierarchy constrained by a string equation. Remarkably, the same hierarchy underlies 2D quantum gravity.
©2000 The American Physical Society
URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v84/p5106
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5106
PACS: 04.60.-m, 02.30.Dk, 68.10.-m, 68.70.+w
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