Jan Ambjørn

Jan Ambjørn

Professor, emeritus


  1. 2014
  2. Published

    The effective action in 4-dim CDT. The transfer matrix approach

    Ambjørn, Jan, Gizbert-Studnicki, J., Görlich, A. & Jurkiewicz, J., 6 Jun 2014, In: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online). 2014, 6, 034.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Effective QCD string beyond the Nambu-Goto action

    Ambjørn, Jan, Makeenko, I. & Sedrakyan, A., 21 May 2014, In: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology). 89, 10, 106010.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    A restricted dimer model on a two-dimensional random causal triangulation

    Ambjørn, Jan, Durhuus, Bergfinnur & Wheater, J. F., 2014, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 47, 365001 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. 2013
  6. Published

    Two-Dimensional Quantum Geometry

    Ambjørn, Jan, Nijmegen, U. & Budd, T. G., 31 Oct 2013, In: Acta Physica Polonica B. 44, p. 2537-2558

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Euclidian 4d quantum gravity with a non-trivial measure term

    Ambjørn, Jan, Glaser, L., Görlich, A. & Jurkiewicz, J., 16 Oct 2013, In: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online). 2013, 10, 100.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The XXZ Heisenberg model on random surfaces

    Ambjørn, Jan & Sedrakyan, A., 21 Sep 2013, In: Nuclear Physics B. 874, 3, p. 877-888

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Trees and spatial topology change in CDT

    Ambjørn, Jan & Budd, T. G., 19 Jul 2013, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 46, 31

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  10. Published

    Universality of 2d causal dynamical triangulations

    Ambjørn, Jan & Ipsen, A. C., 9 Jul 2013, In: Physics Letters B. 724, 1-3, p. 150-154

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    CAUSAL DYNAMICAL TRIANGULATIONS AND THE SEARCH FOR A THEORY OF QUANTUM GRAVITY

    Ambjørn, Jan, Görlich, A., Jurkiewicz, J. & Roll, R., 1 Jul 2013, In: International Journal of Modern Physics D. 22, 9, 19 p., 1330019.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    The toroidal Hausdorff dimension of 2d Euclidean quantum gravity

    Ambjørn, Jan & Budd, T. G., 16 May 2013, In: Physics Letters B. 724, 4-5, p. 328-332

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    2d CDT is 2d Horava-Lifshitz quantum gravity

    Ambjørn, Jan, Glaser, L., Sato, Y. & Watabiki, Y., 13 Mar 2013, In: Physics Letters B: Particle Physics, Nuclear Physics and Cosmology. 722, 1-3, p. 172-175

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. 2012
  15. Published

    Semi-classical dynamical triangulations

    Ambjørn, Jan & Budd, T. G., 15 Nov 2012, In: Physics Letters B. 718, 1, p. 200-204 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Nonperturbative quantum gravity

    Ambjørn, Jan, Goerlich, A., zJukiewic, J. & Loll, R., 1 Oct 2012, In: Physics Reports. 519, 4-5, p. 127-210 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    The transfer matrix in four-dimensional CDT

    Ambjørn, Jan, Gizbert-Studnicki, J., Gorlich, A. T. & Jurkiewicz, J., 1 Sep 2012, In: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online). 2012, 9, p. 017

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Second-and first-order phase transitions in causal dynamical triangulations

    Ambjørn, Jan, Jordan, S., Loll, R. & Jurkiewicz, J., 20 Jun 2012, In: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology). 85, 12, p. 124044

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    New multicritical matrix models and multicritical 2d CDT

    Ambjørn, Jan, Glaser, L., Gorlich, A. & Sato, Y., 30 May 2012, In: Physics Letters B. 712, 1-2, p. 109-114

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Roaming moduli space using dynamical triangulations

    Ambjørn, Jan, Barkley, J. & Budd, T. G., 11 May 2012, In: Nuclear Physics B. 858, 2, p. 267-292

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Remarks on holographic Wilson loops and the Schwinger effect

    Ambjørn, Jan & Makeenko, Y., 5 Mar 2012, In: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology). 85, 6, p. 061901

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Pseudo-topological transitions in 2D gravity models coupled to massless scalar fields

    Ambjørn, Jan, Gorlich, A. T., Jurkiewicz, J. & Zhang, H., 2012, In: Nuclear Physics B. 863, 2, p. 421-434

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. 2011
  24. Published

    Baby universes revisited

    Ambjørn, Jan, Barkley, J., Budd, T. & Loll, R., 30 Nov 2011, In: Physics Letters B. 706, 1, p. 86-89

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  25. Published

    Second-order phase transition in causal dynamical triangulations

    Ambjørn, Jan, Jordan, S., Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 15 Nov 2011, In: Physical Review Letters. 107, 21, p. 211303

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    The semiclassical limit of causal dynamical triangulations

    Ambjørn, Jan, Gorlich, A., Jurkiewicz, J., Gizbert-Studnicki, J. & Trzesniewski, T., 1 Aug 2011, In: Nuclear Physics B. 849, 1, p. 144-165 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    CDT as a scaling limit of matrix models

    Ambjørn, Jan, 1 May 2011, In: Acta Physica Polonica B. 42, 5, p. 923-937

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  28. 2010
  29. Published
  30. Published

    CDT meets Horova-Lifshitz gravity

    Ambjørn, Jan, Görlich, A., Jordan, S., Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 28 Jun 2010, In: Physics Letters B. 690, 4, p. 413-419 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Geometry of the quantum universe

    Ambjørn, Jan, Görlich, A., Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 28 Jun 2010, In: Physics Letters B. 690, 4, p. 420-426 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Causal random geometry from stochastic quantization: XI Latin American Workshop on Nonlinear Phenomena

    Ambjørn, Jan, Loll, R., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 5 Apr 2010, In: Journal of Physics - Conference Series. 246, 1, p. 012028 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Deriving spacetime from first principles

    Ambjørn, Jan, Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 1 Apr 2010, In: Annalen der Physik. 19, 3-5, p. 186-195 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Quantum gravity as sum over spacetimes

    Ambjørn, Jan, Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 1 Feb 2010, In: Lecture Notes in Physics. 807, p. 59-124

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. 2009
  36. Published

    New aspects of two-dimensional quantum gravity

    Ambjørn, Jan, Loll, R., Watabiki, Y., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 1 Dec 2009, In: Acta Physica Polonica B. 40, 12, p. 3479-3507 35 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    The self-organized de sitter universe

    Ambjørn, Jan, Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 1 Dec 2009, In: International Journal of Modern Physics D. 17, 13-14, p. 2515-2520 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Stochastic quantization and the role of time in quantum gravity

    Ambjørn, Jan, Loll, R., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 5 Oct 2009, In: Physics Letters B. 680, 4, p. 359-364 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Summing over all topological in CDT string field theory

    Ambjørn, Jan, Loll, R., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 13 Jul 2009, In: Physics Letters B. 678, 2, p. 227-232 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Shaken, but not stirred: Potts model coupled to quantum gravity

    Ambjørn, Jan, Anagnostopoulos, K. N., Loll, R. & Pushkina, I., 21 Jan 2009, In: Nuclear Physics B. 807, 1-2, p. 251-264 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. 2008
  42. Published

    A new continuum limit of matrix models

    Ambjørn, Jan, Loll, R., Watabiki, Y., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 18 Dec 2008, In: Physics Letters B. 670, 2, p. 224-230 7 p.

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  43. Published

    The quantum universe

    Ambjørn, Jan, Görlich, A., Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 17 Dec 2008, In: Acta Physica Polonica B. 39, 12, p. 3309-3341 34 p.

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  44. Published

    A causal alternative for c=0 strings

    Ambjørn, Jan, Loll, R., Watabiki, Y., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 2 Dec 2008, In: Acta Physica Polonica B. 39, 12, p. 3355-3364 10 p.

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  45. Published

    Nonpertubative quantum de Sitter universe

    Ambjørn, Jan, Görlich, A., Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 26 Sep 2008, In: Physical Review D (Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology). 78, 6, p. 063544

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  46. Published

    A matrix model for 2D quantum gravity defined by causal dynamical triangulations

    Ambjørn, Jan, Loll, R., Watabiki, Y., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 24 Jul 2008, In: Physics Letters B. 665, 4, p. 252-256 5 p.

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  47. Published

    The self-organized quantum Universe

    Ambjørn, Jan, Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 1 Jul 2008, In: Scientific American. 299, 1, p. 42-49 7 p.

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  48. Published

    A string field theory based on causal dynamical triangulations

    Ambjørn, Jan, Loll, R., Watabiki, Y., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 1 May 2008, In: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online). 2008, 5, p. 032

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Planckian birth of a quantum de Sitter universe

    Ambjørn, Jan, Goerlich, A., Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 7 Mar 2008, In: Physical Review Letters. 100, 9, p. 091304

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  50. Published

    The nature of ZZ branes

    Ambjørn, Jan & Gesser, J. A., 24 Jan 2008, In: Physics Letters B. 659, 3, p. 718-722 5 p.

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  51. Published

    Topology change in causal quantum gravity

    Ambjørn, Jan, Loll, R., Watabiki, Y., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 2008, Proceedings of 17th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitattion in Japan: Nagoya, Japan, 3-7 Dec 2007. 4 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearch

  52. 2007
  53. Published

    Putting a cap on causality violations in causal dynamical triangulations

    Ambjørn, Jan, Ambjørn, Jan, Loll, R., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 1 Dec 2007, In: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online). 2007, 12, p. 017

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Published

    Wilson loops in 2D noncommutative euclidean gauge theory: 2. 1/T expansion

    Ambjørn, Jan, Dubin, A. & Makeenko, Y., 22 Oct 2007, In: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online). 2007, 12, p. 079

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  55. Published

    World-sheet dynamics of ZZ-branes

    Ambjørn, Jan, Gesser, J. A. & Gesser, J. A., 27 Sep 2007, In: Physics Letters B. 653, 5-6, p. 439-444 6 p.

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  56. Published

    ZZ branes from a wroldsheet perspective

    Ambjørn, Jan & Gesser, J. A., 1 Jun 2007, In: Acta Physica Polonica B. 38, 13, Special Issue, p. 3993-4007 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference articleResearchpeer-review

  57. 2006
  58. Published

    The emergence of background geometry from quantum fluctuations

    Ambjørn, Jan, Janik, R., Westra, W. & Zohren, S., 28 Sep 2006, In: Physics Letters B. 641, 1, p. 94-98

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  59. Published

    The universe from scratch

    Ambjørn, Jan, Jurkiewicz, J. & Loll, R., 30 Mar 2006, In: Contemporary Physics. 47, 2, p. 103-117

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