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Conformal anomalies: Recent progress

Stanley Deser
(
- Brandeis U.
)

Sep, 1996

18 pages

Part of Journees relativistes 96. Proceedings, Conference, Ascona, Switzerland, May 26-30, 1996, 570-581

Published in:

Helv.Phys.Acta 69 (1996) 4, 570-581

Contribution to:

Annual European Meeting on General Relativity, Cosmology, Astrophysics and Quantum Field Theory Journees Relativistes, 570-581

e-Print:

hep-th/9609138 [hep-th]

Report number:

BRX-TH-399

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Abstract:

We present a brief review of some recent results on conformal anomalies in four and more dimensions. The discussion is intended for relativists, so some background on the quantum origin of anomalies and of their simple properties in D=2 is also provided. Topics treated include a critical review of the effective gravitational action uniqueness problem and the derivation of beta functions, independent of ultraviolet behavior, from the type B anomaly.

dimension: 2
dimension: 4
anomaly: conformal
renormalization group: beta function
gravitation

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