Linear dilaton counterexample to zero integration constant

ID: linear-dilaton-counterexample-to-zero-integration-constant

In flat target space, has zero Hessian and therefore solves the leading metric-dilaton Weyl condition for every constant covector . But , which need not vanish. This demonstrates the integration constant left by the contracted Bianchi identity. Full quantum Weyl invariance fixes the allowed through the central charge, as in a linear dilaton conformal field theory; the metric equation alone does not.

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