One-Loop Vilkovisky-DeWitt Counterterms for 2D Gravity plus Scalar Field Theory
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چکیده
The divergent part of the one-loop off-shell effective action is computed for a single scalar field coupled to the Ricci curvature of 2D gravity (cφR), and self interacting by an arbitrary potential term V (φ). The Vilkovisky-DeWitt effective action is used to compute gauge-fixing independent results. In our background field/covariant gauge we find that the Liouville theory is finite on shell. Off-shell, we find a large class of renormalizable potentials which include the Liouville potential. We also find that for backgrounds satisfying R = 0, the Liouville theory is finite off shell, as well. August 1992 e-mail: kantowski or marzban @phyast.nhn.uoknor.edu or @uokniels.bitnet
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