Symmetries in two-dimensional dilaton gravity with matter

Abstract

The symmetries of generic two-dimensional (2D) dilaton models of gravity with (and without) matter are studied in some detail. It is shown that δ2, one of the symmetries of the matterless models, can be generalized to the case where matter fields of any kind are present. The general (classical) solution for some of these models, in particular, those coupled to chiral matter, which generalizes the Vaidya solution of Einstein Gravity, is also given. © 1997 The American Physical Society.