QUANTUM-GRAVITY WITH BOUNDARIES NEAR 2 DIMENSIONS

We evaluate the quantum corrections of the Einstein-Hilbert action with boundaries in (2 + epsilon)-dimensional expansion approach. We find the Einstein-Hilbert action with boundaries to be renormalizable to the one-loop order. We compute the geometric entropy beyond the semiclassical approximation. It is found that the exact geometric entropy is related to the string susceptibility by the analytic continuation in the central charge. Our results also show that we can renormalize the divergent quantum corrections for the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of black holes by the gravitational coupling constant renormalization beyond two dimensions.