FINITE SIGMA-MODELS AND EXACT STRING SOLUTIONS WITH MINKOWSKI SIGNATURE METRIC

被引:52
作者
TSEYTLIN, AA
机构
[1] Theoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College
[2] Department of Theoretical Physics, P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1993年 / 47卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.47.3421
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We consider two-dimensional (2D) sigma models with a (D = 2 + N)-dimensional Minkowski signature target space metric having a covariantly constant null Killing vector. These models are UV finite. The (2 + N)-dimensional target space metric can be explicitly determined for a class of supersymmetric sigma models with the N-dimensional ''transverse'' part of the target space being sigma homogeneous Kahler type. The corresponding ''transverse'' subtheory is an n = 2 supersymmetric sigma model with the exact beta function coinciding with its one-loop expression. For example, the finite D = 4 model has the O(3) supersymmetric or model as its ''transverse'' part. Moreover, there exists a nontrivial dilaton field such that the Weyl invariance conditions are also satisfied; i.e., the resulting models correspond to string vacua. Generic solutions are represented in terms of the renormalization group flow in ''transverse'' theory. We suggest a possible application of the constructed Weyl-invariant sigma models to quantization of 2D gravity. They may be interpreted as ''effective actions'' of the quantum 2D dilaton gravity coupled to a (nonconformal) N-dimensional ''matter'' theory. The conformal factor of the 2D metric and 2D ''dilaton'' are identified with the light-cone coordinates of the (2 + N)-dimensional sigma model.
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页码:3421 / 3429
页数:9
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