W_infty Structures of 2D String Theory

Abstract

The Ward identities of the $W_{\infty}$ symmetry in 2D string theory in the tachyon background are studied in the continuum approach. Comparing the solutions with the matrix model results, it is verified that 2D string amplitudes are different from the matrix model amplitudes only by the external leg factors even in higher genus. This talk is based on the recent work [1] and also [2] for the $c_M <1$ model. (Talk given at the workshop on ``Frontiers in Quantum Field Theory'', Osaka, Japan, December 1995.)