Chiral matter coupled to 2-d quantum gravity

Dec, 1990
18 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 363 (1991) 555-572
  • Published: 1991
Report number:
  • TAUP-1848-90,
  • WIS-90-73-PH

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
Chiral matter coupling to two-dimensional quantum gravity is analyzed in the light-cone gauge. This theory exhibits both conformal and gravitational anomalies. The anomalous Ward identities are integrated and yield recursion relations among the correlation functions. An underlying SL(2, ℝ) × U(1) current algebra is revealed. Exact formula for the SL(2, ℝ) central charge and a relation connecting scaling dimensions and spin of fields are derived. The exact results and the renormalization of the U(1) charge of the fermion field are checked to one-loop order.
  • quantum gravity
  • dimension: 2
  • matter: chiral
  • light cone gauge
  • anomaly
  • Ward identity
  • correlation function
  • current algebra: SL(2,R) x U(1)
  • central charge
  • charge: renormalization