Published December 12, 1988 | Version v1
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Topological gravity in two dimensions

Creators

  • 1. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA)
  • 2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milan (Italy)

Description

We derive two-dimensional topological gravity, which previously has been discussed in a BRST framework, by gauge fixing of an underlying gauge invariant system. The underlying lagrangian is zero. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics B, Particle Physics
Journal Volume
310
Journal Issue
3/4
Series
Nucl. Phys. B, Part. Phys.
Journal Page Range
611-624
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBB

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
20017039
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COMMUTATORS; FIELD OPERATORS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; METRICS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SECOND QUANTIZATION; TOPOLOGY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; VECTOR FIELDS; WEYL UNIFIED THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC02-76ER02220; Grant NSF 80-19754; NSF 86-16129; NSF 86-20266