W-infinity ward identities and correlation functions in the c=1 matrix model

Abstract

We explore consequences of W-infinity symmetry in the fermionic field theory of the c=1 matrix model. We derive exact Ward identities relating correlation functions of the bilocal operator. These identities can be expressed as equations satisfied by the effective action of a three-dimensional theory and contain non-perturbative information about the model. We use these identities to calculate the two-point function of the bilocal operator in the double scaling limit. We extract the operator whose two-point correlator has a single pole at an (imaginary) integer value of the energy. We then rewrite the W-infinity charges in terms of operators in the matrix model and use this to derive constraints satisfied by the partition function of the matrix model with a general time dependent potential.