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Holography and the Weyl anomaly

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We review our calculation of the Weyl anomaly for d-dimensional conformal field theories that have a description in terms of a (d+1)-dimensional gravity theory.

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  1. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, S-412 96, Göteborg, Sweden

    Måns Henningson

  2. Spinoza Institute, University of Utrecht, Leuvenlaan 4, 3584 CE, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Kostas Skenderis

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A. Ceresole C. Kounnas D. Lüst S. Theisen

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Henningson, M., Skenderis, K. (1999). Holography and the Weyl anomaly. In: Ceresole, A., Kounnas, C., Lüst, D., Theisen, S. (eds) Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 525. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104246

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