1993/08/07 by Robert B. Mann, R. B. Mann · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0550-3213(94)90246-1
published as Nucl.Phys. B418 (1994) 231-256 · 32 pgs., WATPHYS-TH93/03 (Latex plus two postscript figures appended)
arxiv created 1993/08/07 · openalex publication_date 1994/04/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The dynamics of Liouville fields coupled to gravity are investigated by applying the principle of general covariance to the Liouville action in the context of a particular form of two-dimensional dilaton gravity. The resultant field equations form a closed system for the Liouville/gravity interaction. A large class of asymptotically flat solutions to the field equations is obtained, many of which can be interpreted as black hole solutions. The temperature of such black holes is proportional to their mass-parameters. An exact solution to the back reaction problem is obtained to one-loop order, both for conformally coupled matter fields and for the quantized metric/Liouville system. Quantum effects are shown to map the space of classical solutions into one another. A scenario for the end-point of black-hole radiation is discussed.