https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-013-2458-y
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
On semi-classical topologically massive gravity in three dimensions
1
Wu Wen Tsun Key Laboratory of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Science, Hefei, 230026, China
2
School of Mathematics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China
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Received:
17
August
2012
Published online:
18
June
2013
In this paper, we compute the Green function, one-loop effective action and trace anomaly for the scalar fields coupled to the three-dimensional topologically massive gravitational vacuum (especially CSI Kundt vacuum) via standard quantum field theoretical methods.
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