A two-dimensional model for quantum gravity

J Polchinski - Nuclear Physics B, 1989 - Elsevier
… 2 we show that 1 + 1 dimensional quantum gravity coupled … closely analogous to quantum
gravity in higher dimensions. In … identity between two-dimensional quantum gravity and string …

Quantum gravity in two dimensions

AM Polyakov - Modern Physics Letters A, 1987 - World Scientific
Two dimensional induced quantum gravity is analyzed. By the use of light-cone gauge
we derive a gravitational analogue of the Wess-Zumino action and discover its amazing …

Quantum gravity near two dimensions

R Gastmans, R Kallosh, C Truffin - Nuclear Physics B, 1978 - Elsevier
… 5, contributions of matter fields to the/3-function are calculated and we show how to
perform the limit e ~ 0 when studying the twodimensional model of black hole evaporation. In …

Two-dimensional quantum gravity in Minkowski space

T Banks, M O'loughlin - Nuclear Physics B, 1991 - Elsevier
… We study exactly soluble models of gravity in two-dimensional Minkowski space. It is
argued … unitary quantum mechanics is possible only if we work in a Fock space of two-dimensional

From loops to states in two-dimensional quantum gravity

G Moore, N Seiberg, M Staudacher - Nuclear Physics B, 1991 - Elsevier
… When we attempt to quantize gravity in a canonical formalism, general covariance leads to a
… + 1)-dimensional gravity and we will meet it below in I + 1 dimensions. Interpreting ordinary …

Scaling exponents in quantum gravity near two dimensions

H Kawai, Y Kitazawa, M Ninomiya - Nuclear Physics B, 1993 - Elsevier
… From the study of two-dimensional quantum gravity, we have learned that the conformal
mode of the metric is the important dynamical degree of freedom in two dimensions. Therefore …

A nonperturbative treatment of two-dimensional quantum gravity

DJ Gross, AA Migdal - Nuclear Physics B, 1990 - Elsevier
… definition of two-dimensional quantum gravity, based on a … of two-dimensional gravity
as a function of the string coupling constant that governs the genus expansion of two-dimensional

A solution of two-dimensional topological quantum gravity

E Verlinde, H Verlinde - Nuclear Physics B, 1991 - Elsevier
… As the first step in our study of two-dimensional topological gravity we develop a field
theoretical formulation, suitable for doing explicit computations. We find that topological gravity is …

Scalar-tensor quantum gravity in two dimensions

JG Russo, AA Tseytlin - Nuclear Physics B, 1992 - Elsevier
… We discuss some classical and quantum properties of2d gravity models involving metric and
a scalar field. Different models are parametrized in terms of a scalar potential. We show that …

On the fractal structure of two-dimensional quantum gravity

J Ambjørn, J Jurkiewicz, Y Watabiki - Nuclear Physics B, 1995 - Elsevier
Two-dimensional gravity is an interesting laboratory, where we … ourselves to two-dimensional
quantum gravity, although some … function for Euclidean quantum gravity can be written as: …