Algebraic Classification of Weyl Anomalies in Arbitrary Dimensions

DOI10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.261302zbMath1228.81252arXiv0706.0340WikidataQ80745454 ScholiaQ80745454MaRDI QIDQ3107770

Nicolas Boulanger

Publication date: 26 December 2011

Published in: Physical Review Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.0340

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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