论文信息 - Quantum gravity in 2 + ε dimensions

Quantum gravity in 2 + ε dimensions

Abstract We examine quantum gravity in 2 + e dimensions, where the theory is formally renormalizable. Paying due attention to surface integrals (which prove crucial), we calculate the one-loop counterterms and establish a criterion for asymptotic freedom. We find, incidentally, that the β function vanishes to one-loop order for all models which are supersymmetric in two dimensions.

M. Duff | S. Christensen | M. J. Duff | S. M. Christensen

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