%0 Book Section %T Analysis of the large-n limit of multiple orthogonal polynomials and non-intersecting Brownian motions publisher Amer Inst Physics %D 2009 %U 978-0-7354-0709-1 %@ https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/53474 %X In this work we use Riemann-Hilbert problems for multiple orthogonal polynomials in order to derive string equations associated to Lax-Orlov pairs operators. These string equations provide us with a useful tool to analyze the large n-limit of the related hierarchies. The results are finally applied to the study of the associated random matrix models (Gaussian Hermitian matrix models with an external source) and non-intersecting Brownian motions starting from a fix point. %~