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Weyl anomaly in two-dimensional supergravity

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Two-dimensional supergravity theory is analyzed in terms of Weyl group cohomologies. A covariant nonlocal expression for the effective action is constructed. As in the case of ordinary gravity, its basic nonlocal part is determined by the well-known Polyakov action R1/□R.

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Translated from Pis’ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 73, No. 4, 2001, pp. 177–181.

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Karakhanyan, D.R. Weyl anomaly in two-dimensional supergravity. Jetp Lett. 73, 157–161 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1368705

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