Published May 16, 1991
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Journal article
A Polyakov action on Riemann surfaces
Description
We present a calculation of the effective action for induced conformal gravity on higher genus Riemann suraces. Our expression, generalizing Polyakov's formula, depends holomorphically on the Beltrami differential and integrates the diffeomorphism anomaly. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters, (Section) B
- Journal Volume
- 260
- Journal Issue
- 3/4
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 296-302
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 22073676
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTION INTEGRAL; ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS; ENERGY-MOMENTUM TENSOR; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; GREEN FUNCTION; INTEGRAL CALCULUS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM GRAVITY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; RIEMANN SPACE; TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING; TOPOLOGY; WARD IDENTITY
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE; TENSORS; TRANSFORMATIONS