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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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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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