Abstract
It is known that the Vilkovisky-DeWitt effective potential for Einstein gravity depends on the choice of the metric of configuration space. We will show that this metric dependence occurs not only in gauge field theories, but also in scalar fields as well as other field theories with "unnatural" initial choices of metric. This means that the problem of metric dependence relates to initial field parametrization but not gauge symmetry.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2111-2116 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Modern Physics Letters A |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 26 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 Aug 30 |
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- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
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On metric dependence of Vilkovisky-Dewitt effective potential. / Kao, W. F.; Lin, Shih-Yuin.
In: Modern Physics Letters A, Vol. 13, No. 26, 30.08.1998, p. 2111-2116.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - On metric dependence of Vilkovisky-Dewitt effective potential
AU - Kao, W. F.
AU - Lin, Shih-Yuin
PY - 1998/8/30
Y1 - 1998/8/30
N2 - It is known that the Vilkovisky-DeWitt effective potential for Einstein gravity depends on the choice of the metric of configuration space. We will show that this metric dependence occurs not only in gauge field theories, but also in scalar fields as well as other field theories with "unnatural" initial choices of metric. This means that the problem of metric dependence relates to initial field parametrization but not gauge symmetry.
AB - It is known that the Vilkovisky-DeWitt effective potential for Einstein gravity depends on the choice of the metric of configuration space. We will show that this metric dependence occurs not only in gauge field theories, but also in scalar fields as well as other field theories with "unnatural" initial choices of metric. This means that the problem of metric dependence relates to initial field parametrization but not gauge symmetry.
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