Generalized 2D dilaton gravity and KGB

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We show explicitly that the nonminimal coupling between the scalar field and the Ricci scalar in 2D dilaton gravity can be recast in the form of kinetic gravity braiding (KGB).

• This is as it should be, because KGB is the 2D version of the Horndeski theory.
• We also determine all the static solutions with a linearly time-dependent scalar configuration in the shift-symmetric KGB theories in 2D.