The two-sphere partition function in two-dimensional quantum gravity

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2021)116zbMATH Open1472.83029arXiv2106.01665OpenAlexW3198986801MaRDI QIDQ2237643FDOQ2237643

Dionysios Anninos, Beatrix J. Mühlmann, Teresa Bautista

Publication date: 27 October 2021

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the Euclidean path integral of two-dimensional quantum gravity with positive cosmological constant coupled to conformal matter with large and positive central charge. The problem is considered in a semiclassical expansion about a round two-sphere saddle. We work in the Weyl gauge whereby the computation reduces to that for a (timelike) Liouville theory. We present results up to two-loops, including a discussion of contributions stemming from the gauge fixing procedure. We exhibit cancelations of ultraviolet divergences and provide a path integral computation of the central charge for timelike Liouville theory. Combining our analysis with insights from the DOZZ formula we are led to a proposal for an all orders result for the two-dimensional gravitational partition function on the two-sphere.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.01665

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zbMATH Keywords

2D gravitymodels of quantum gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Path integrals in quantum mechanics (81S40) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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