Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1993-07-26
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
14 pgs, LaTex file, Imperial-TP/92-93/44 (The difference between the chiral and non-chiral case has been clarified)
Scientific paper
We present a review of the canonical quantization approach to the problem of non-perturbative 2d dilaton gravity. In the case of chiral matter we describe a method for solving the constraints by constructing a Kac-Moody current algebra. For the models of interest, the relevant Kac-Moody algebras are based on SL(2,R) X U(1) group and on an extended 2d Poincare group. As a consequence, the constraints become free-field Virasoro generators with background charges. We argue that the same happens in the non-chiral case. The problem of the corresponding BRST cohomology is discussed as well as the unitarity of the theory. One can show that the theory is unitary by chosing a physical gauge, and hence the problem of transitions from pure into mixed sates is absent. Implications for the physics of black holes are discussed. (Based on the talks presented at Trieste conference on Gauge Theories, Applied Supersymmetry and Quantum Gravity, May 1993 and at Danube '93 Workshop, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, June 1993)
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