Energy momentum tensor for scalar fields coupled to the dilaton in two-dimensions

Aug, 1998
17 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 59 (1999) 064007
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Abstract: (arXiv)
We clarify some issues related to the evaluation of the mean value of the energy-momentum tensor for quantum scalar fields coupled to the dilaton field in two-dimensional gravity. Because of this coupling, the energy-momentum tensor for the matter is not conserved and therefore it is not determined by the trace anomaly. We discuss different approximations for the calculation of the energy-momentum tensor and show how to obtain the correct amount of Hawking radiation. We also compute cosmological particle creation and quantum corrections to the Newtonian potential.
  • gravitation
  • field theory: scalar
  • field theory: dilaton
  • dimension: 2
  • tensor: energy-momentum
  • quantum gravity
  • approximation: semiclassical