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Conformal gauge fixing and Faddeev-Popov determinant in 2-dimensional Regge gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Lattice

Abstract

By regularizing the conical singularities by means of a segment of a sphere or pseudosphere and then taking the regulator to zero, we compute exactly the Faddeev--Popov determinant related to the conformal gauge fixing for a piece-wise flat surface with the topology of the sphere. The result is analytic in the opening angles of the conical singularities in the interval (π\pi, 4π4\pi) and in the smooth limit goes over to the continuum expression. The Riemann-Roch relation on the dimensions of ker(LL)(L^{\dag}L) and ker(LL)(LL^{\dag}) is satisfied.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9510040,
  title  = {Conformal gauge fixing and Faddeev-Popov determinant in 2-dimensional Regge gravity},
  author = {Pietro Menotti and Pier Paolo Peirano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9510040},
  year   = {2007}
}

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8 pages, latex. Talk given at the XVIII International Workshop on High Energy Physics and Field Theory; Protvino, Russia, June 1995