Abstract
We study 2d φF gauge theories with the objective to understand, also at the quantum level, the emergence of induced gravity. The wave functionals - representing the eigenstates of a vanishing flat potential - are obtained in the φ representation. The composition of the space they describe is then analyzed: the state corresponding to the singlet representation of the gauge group describes a topological universe. For other representations a metric which is invariant under the residual gauge group is induced, apart from possible topological obstructions. Being inherited from the group metric, it is rather rigid.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 45-80 |
Number of pages | 36 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics B |
Volume | 418 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 25 Apr 1994 |