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Chiral gravity in two dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

It is shown that conformal matter with c\sscLc\sscRc_{\ssc L}\not=c_{\ssc R} can be consistently coupled to two-dimensional `frame' gravity. The theory is quantized, following David, and Distler and Kawai, using the derivation of their {\it ansatz} due to Mavromatos and Miramontes, and D'Hoker and Kurzepa. New super-selection rules are found by requiring SL(2,{\bf C}) invariance of correlation functions on the plane. There is no analogue of the c=1c=1 barrier found in non-chiral non-critical strings. A non-critical heterotic string is constructed---it has 744 states in its spectrum, transforming in the adjoint representation of (E8)3.(E_8)^3. Correlation functions are calculated in this example.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9207117,
  title  = {Chiral gravity in two dimensions},
  author = {R. C. Myers and V. Periwal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9207117},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

19 pages, iassns-hep-92-19/McGill/92-26