Conformal trace relations from the dilaton Wess-Zumino action

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2013.09.047zbMATH Open1331.81255arXiv1306.4248OpenAlexW2057148397MaRDI QIDQ5963888FDOQ5963888

Authors: Claudio Corianò, Luigi Delle Rose, Carlo Marzo, Mirko Serino 

Publication date: 26 February 2016

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use the method of Weyl-gauging in the determination of the Wess-Zumino conformal anomaly action, to show that in any even ($d=2k$) dimensions all the hierarchy of correlation functions involving traces of the energy-momentum tensor is determined in terms of those of lower orders, up to $2k$. We work out explicitly the case $d=4$, and show that in this case in any conformal field theory only the first 4 traced correlators are independent. All the remaining correlators are recursively generated by the first 4. The result is a consequence of the cocycle condition which defines the Wess-Zumino action and of the finite order of its dilaton interactions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4248

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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