Trace anomaly of dilaton coupled scalars in two-dimensions

May, 1997
11 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 56 (1997) 7788-7791
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Report number:
  • DAMTP-R-97-25

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Abstract:
Conformal scalar fields coupled to the dilaton appear naturally in two-dimensional models of black hole evaporation. We calculate their trace anomaly. It follows that an RST-type counterterm appears naturally in the one-loop effective action.
  • 04.62.+v
  • 04.60.Kz
  • gravitation
  • field theory: conformal
  • dilaton
  • dimension: 2
  • anomaly
  • effective action
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • black hole