Area preserving structure and anomalies in (1+1)-dimensional quantum gravity

May, 1995
9 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 354 (1995) 213-219
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Report number:
  • MIT-CTP-2429

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Abstract:
We investigate the gauge-independent Hamiltonian formulation and the anomalous Ward identities of a matter-induced 1+1-dimensional gravity theory invariant under Weyl transformations and area-preserving diffeomorphisms, and compare the results to the ones for the conventional diffeomorphism-invariant theory. We find that, in spite of several technical differences encountered in the analysis, the two theories are essentially equivalent.
Note:
  • 9 pages, LaTex Report-no: MIT-CTP-2429
  • field theory: scalar
  • gravitation: induced
  • dimension: 2
  • path integral
  • anomaly
  • Ward identity
  • transformation: Weyl
  • transformation: diffeomorphism
  • dependence: gauge
  • Hamiltonian formalism